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Dedication (frag.) to Sarapis and Isis by Therapeutists (ca. 240 BCE) Delos - Southwestern islands


Delos (Southwestern islands, Aegean Islands — Pleiades map), ca. 240 BCE
IG XI,4 1215 = RICIS 202/0161 = PHI 63700 = AGRW ID# 24071
Copenhagen Inventory info: 997


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Plaque of blue marble. Found in Sarapieion C (inv. A 1465).

. . . On behalf of (?) . . . king . . . Antigonos (?), queen . . . Phila (?) and Demetrios, the therapeutists (therapeutai) who are organized by him dedicated this to . . . Sarapis (?) . . . and Isis, deities . . . who share the same sanctuary (?) . . .

Translation by: Harland



[ὑπὲρ βα]σ̣ιλέως Ἀν|[τιγόνο (?) ]υ̣ καὶ βασιλίσσης | [Φίλας (?) κ]αὶ Δημητρίο[υ] | [οἱ θερ]α̣πευταὶ οἱ ὑπ’ αὐ||[τὸν (?) τ]αττόμενοι | [Σαρά]π̣ι, Ἴσι, θεοῖς ἐν|[τεμενίοις — — —]ΛΕ|[— — —]

Item added: April 13, 2016
Item modified: November 14, 2020
ID number: 24071
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