Lamos (Cilicia, Asia Minor — Pleiades map), before 69 CE
AGRW 215 =
IKilikiaBM II 201
= PHI 285220
= AGRW ID# 1534
Copenhagen Inventory info: 1797
(A = lines 1–20) Rhodon son of Kydimasas, Selgian, and those with him: Pyramos son of Pyramos, Selgian; Mindyberas son of Arestοs, Selgian; Aetomeros Manis; Lylous son of Menos, Selgian; Ketomaneis son of Kibrios; Zezis son of Oubramis; Kendeis son of Zenon; Aigylis son of Oubramis; and Dinneon son of Pigemis, Selgian. This is our common memorial and it is not lawful for anyone to bury another body here. But if anyone buries another here let him pay a pair of oxen and three mina (= 100 drachmas) to Zeus, three mina and a pair of oxen to Apollo, and three mina to the People (dēmos). But if anyone should go up and … wish (?) … to sell his common ownership, it is not lawful … (B = lines 21–35). For it is not lawful to sell from abroad (or, possibly: sell outside the group), but let him take from the common treasury 30 coins (staters) and let him depart. But if some brother (adelphos) wants to sell, let the other brothers (adelphoi) purchase it. But if the brothers so wish, then let them receive the coins mentioned above and let them depart from the association (koinon; or, possibly: partnership). But whenever someone dies, and has no one to carry out the funeral … (fragmentary column C follows).
Translation by: Harland(A) Ῥόδων Κυδιμ̣ασου ǀ Σελγ̣ε̣ὺς καὶ οἱ μετ’ αὐτǀοῦ Πύ[ρ]αμω̣ς Πυρα̣μ̣οω ǀ [Σελ]γεὺ̣ς̣, Μ̣ιν̣δυβηρας Αρ̣έ̣σ̣το[υ] (?) ǀ [Σελ]γεὺς̣, Α̣ετωμερος Μ̣α̣νε̣[ι] (?), ǀ Λυλους Μενωτος [Σε]λ̣γ̣ε̣[ὺς] (?), ǀ Κ̣ετωμ̣α̣νεις (?) Κιβριω, Ζ̣[ηζ]ις (?) ǀ Ουβραμεως, vac. Κενδεις [Ζ]ή̣ν[ω]ǀ<ν>ως̣ (?), Α̣ι̣γυλις (?) Ουβραμ[εως], ǀ Διννεων Πιγεμιτος Σελ̣γ̣ε̣ύ̣ǀς. κοινὸν ἡμῶν τὸ μνῆμα καǀὶ μὴ ἐξέστω τινι ἄλλο σῶ̣μ̣α̣ ǀ θαπῆναι (ταφῆναι). ἐὰν δέ τις θάψει ǀ ἀλλότριων (ἀλλότριον) ἀποτινέτω τῷ ǀ Διῒ ζεβγος (ζεῦγος) βοῶν καὶ μνᾶς τρǀεῖς, Ἀπόλ̣λωνι μνᾶς τρῖς καὶ ζεῦǀγος βο[ῶ]ν καὶ δήμῳ μνᾶς τρεῖς. ǀ ἐὰν δέ τις ἀν<ίῃ> (?) καὶ κοινωνε[ί]ǀαν ἑ[αυτοῦ θέλῃ π]ωλῆσαι, ο̣ὐκ ἐξ̣ὸν ǀ ΠΕΙ[— — — · οὐ γὰρ ἔξεστι]
(B) ἔξοθεν πωλῆσαι, ἀλǀλ̣ὰ̣ λ̣α̣μβανέτ̣ω ἐκ τοῦ ǀ κοινοῦ στατῆρες τριάǀκοντα καὶ ἀποχωρείτω. ǀ ἐὰν δ̣έ τινος ἀδελφὸς ǀ θελήσει ἀποπωλῆσǀα̣ι̣, ἀγοραζέσθωσαν οἱ ǀ ἕτεροι ἀδελφοί. εἰ δὲ μὴ ǀ θέλωσιν οἱ ἀδελφοί, τό ǀ τε λαμβαν<έ>τωσαν τὸ πρ̣ǀογεγραμμένον κερ[μ]ǀάτιον καὶ ἐκχωρείτω[σαǀν] ἐκ τοῦ κο<ι>νοῦ. ὅταν δέ ǀ τις ἀποθάνῃ καὶ μὴ συǀνεξενένκῃ τις
(C) ἄ̣ρσ̣ην νέο̣ς εἰς τὸ ǀ μ̣νῆ̣μ̣[α] (?) ἀλ̣λ̣ὰ γυνὴ ǀ [— — —] δύο ἀποǀ[τει]νέτοσ̣αν (?) οἱ ζημǀ[ιού]μενοι [— —] εἰ | [— —] ἀπὸ ǀ δημοσ[ίου].
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