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Dedication to Apollo of Soura by the Augustan Street Association [4] (III CE) Soura - Lycia


Soura (Lycia, Asia Minor — Pleiades map), III CE
ILyciaHK 49 = PHI 283717 = AGRW ID# 11694
Copenhagen Inventory info: 1651


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To good fortune.  This was dedicated to Apollo of Soura when Ael. Telemachos who is also called Dikaiarchos was high-priest (archiereus), Aurelius Antigonos II who is also called Lysimachos was priest for life, Xanthos was secretary of the Augustan street association (plateia), Aurelius Pheragathos who is also called Demetrios was sacred herald (hierokēryx), and the leaders (or: patrons; prostatai) were: Hermoteles II who is also called Hermeias, Antimachos son of Claudius Hermeios, Menophilos II, Embromos who is also called Zosimos descendent of Menodotos for two generations, Chresimos son of Bacchylides also for the second generation, Diogenes son of Myron, Mousaios son of Potion, Fl. Nymphikos, Demetrios son of Ptolemaios, Katathymios, Eutyches descendent of Hermes for two generations, Aur. Euphronsynos, Boethis who is also called Eukrates, Ophannas son of Dioteimos, Demetrios descendent of Kassandros for two generations, Poseidonios son of Ariston, Hermes son of Hermogenes, Hermolaos son of Menophilos, Erasmios son of Agathoboulos, Hellanikos who is also called Theodoros, Eros son of Epaphrodeitos, Aphrodeisios son of Artemon, and Asklepiodotos son of Hermesianax.  Good luck!

Translation by: Harland



ἀγαθῆ τύχη. | Ἀπόλλωνι Σουρίω. | ἐπὶ ἀρχι(ερέως) Αἰλ. Τηλεμάχου | τοῦ καὶ Δικαιάρχου, ἱερομένου || διὰ βίου Αὐρ. Ἀντιγόνου βʹ τοῦ καὶ | Λυσιμάχου, γραμματεύοντος | σ(εβαστῆς) π(λατείας) Ξάνθου, ἱερωκηρυκοῦντος {sic} | Αὐρ. Φεραγάθου τοῦ καὶ Δημητρίο[υ], | οἱ προστάται τῆς σεβαστης || πλατείας· Ἑρμοτέλης βʹ ὁ καὶ | Ἑρμείας, Ἀντίμαχος Κλ. Ἑρμείου, | Μηνόφιλος βʹ, Ἔμβρομος βʹ ὁ καὶ | Ζώσιμος β Μηνοδότου, Χρήσιμος | Βακχυ[λ]λίδου, καὶ τὸ βʹ· Διογένης Μύ||ρωνος, Μουσαῖος Ποτίω, Φ[λ]. Νυμφικός, | Δημήτριος Πτολεμαίου, Καταθύμιος, | Εὐτυχής βʹ Ἑρμοῦ, Αὐρ. Εὐφρόσυνος, | Βοῆθις ὁ καὶ Εὐκράτης, Ὀφάννας | Διοτείμου, Δημήτριος βʹ Κασσάνδρου, || Ποσειδώνιος Ἀρίστωνος, Ἑρμῆς Ἑρμογένους, | Ἑρμόλαος Μηνοφίλου, Ἐράσμιος Ἀγαθοβούλου, | Ἑλλάνικος ὁ καὶ Θεόδωρος, Ἔρως Ἐπαφροδείτου, | Ἀφροδείσιος Ἀρτέμωνος, Ἀσκληπι|όδοτος Ἑρμησιάνακτος. εὐτυχῶς.

Item added: March 11, 2013
Item modified: November 13, 2020
ID number: 11694
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