Tanais (Bosporan region, Danube and Black Sea areas — Pleiades map), 228 CE
AGRW 92 =
GRA 96 =
IBosp 1283
= IGRR I 920
= IPontEux II 452
= PHI 184025
= AGRW ID# 1842
Copenhagen Inventory info: 1323
To good fortune! Vow for Theos Hypsistos (“Highest god”). During the reign of king … Tiberius (?) … Julius Kotys, friend of Caesar and friend of the Romans, pious one, the adopted brothers who revere (eispoiētoi adelphoi sebomenoi) Theos Hypsistos inscribed their names alongside the elder Name son of Name…, Nigosas son of Herakleides, Ariston son of Menestratos, Kalligenes (10) son of Myron, Alexion son of Patroklos, Eutychianos son of Name…, Eutyches son of Theagenes, Sozomenos son of Styranos, Maes son of Salas, Phadious son of Philemon, Dionysios son of Sogos, Eutychianos son of Gorgias, Dalosakos son of Symphoros, Kardious son of Dadas, Phosakos son of Phosakos, Diophantos son of Dionysios, Eutyches son of Antimachos, Dadas son of Chodiakios, Sambion son of Elpidion, Myreinos son of Mastous, and Asklas son of Herakleides. Sambion son of Elpidion, Phourtas son of Agathos, and Agathemeros son of Publius gave this monument as a gift to the brothers. (20) In the 525th year on the first day of the month Gorpiaios.
Translation by: Harland
IBosp 1283: Facsimile by Ludolf Stephani, “Erklärung einiger im südlichen Russland gefundener Kunstwerke,” Compte rendu de la Commission Impériale Archéologique (1874) [1870-1871] 249-250 (no. 9)
Item added: June 15, 2012
Item modified: October 9, 2020
ID number: 1842
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