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Dedication (frag.) by the “Adopted Brothers” (220-240 CE) Tanais - Bosporan region


Tanais (Bosporan region, Danube and Black Sea areas — Pleiades map), 220-240 CE
IBosp 1286 = IPontEux II 456 = PHI 184028 = AGRW ID# 7943
Copenhagen Inventory info: 1323


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Fragmentary slab of white marble (58 x 54 x 2cm; letter height: 2.5 cm). Found at Tanais in 1870, now in Hermitage (inv. TH 315).

Too fragmentary to translate.

Translation by: Harland



[— — —] | (line 1) εἰ̣[σποιητοὶ ἀδελφοὶ σε]β̣ό|μεν̣[ο]ι̣ Θ̣[εὸ]ν̣ Ὕψ[ιστον ἀν]ε̣|στήσαμε̣[ν] τὸν [τελαμῶ]να | ἐνγ̣ράψαντες [ἑαυτῶν] τὰ || ὀνόματα περὶ π[ρεσβύτ]ε̣ρον | Ἀττίαν Νε̣[— —]ο̣υ̣ καὶ̣ Εὐ|σχήμων<α> Μ̣η̣νοφίλου̣ καὶ | Φαρνό̣[ξα]ρθον Ταυρέου καὶ | Ἡρακλ[είδ]η̣ν Πάππου καὶ || Στρατ[όνεικο]ν Μόκκο[υ καὶ] | Ἡ̣ρόξ[ενον] Β̣ασ̣ιλεί[δου — —]

(fragment A)

[— — —] ἐ̣ν τ[ῷ ἔτει? — —] | [— μηνὸς] Λῴο[υ? — — —]

(fragment B)

[— —]ας Μα̣[— —]

(fragment C)

[— —]ι̣κ̣λ[— —] | [— —]υ[— — —]

Item added: December 13, 2012
Item modified: October 9, 2020
ID number: 7943
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