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Dedication to Sarapis and Isis by Therapeutists (II BCE / I-II CE) Magnesia by Sipylos - Lydia


Magnesia by Sipylos (Lydia, Asia Minor — Pleiades map), II BCE / I-II CE
IMagnSip 15 = RICIS 303/0301-02 = SIRIS 307 = PHI 264782 = AGRW ID# 7272


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Slab (stele) of marble found in 1935, now in the Manisa museum (inv. 122). Lines 1-4 date to the II BCE and lines 5-17 date to the I or II CE.

. . . Menophilos (?) . . . son of Mennipos dedicated this to Sarapis and Isis as a vow.  The therapeutists (therapeutai) are: Euthenos the priest, T. Flavius Euarestos, Euthenos son of Euthenos, Theaitetos, sacred (hieros; sacred slave?), Menekrates II, sacred, Kollybas, Antiphilos son of Attalos, Auximos son of Philargyros, Metrodoros II Erastratos, Ariston son of Metrodoros, Apollonios Kottos son of Dionysios.

Translation by: Harland



[Σα]ρ̣άπιδι Ἴσ[ι]δι | ․․νόφιλος Μενίππου | εὐχήν. | θεραπευταί· ||

[Ε]ὔθηνος ∙ ἱρεύς, | Τ. Φλ<ά>βιος Εὐάρεστος, | Εὔθηνος Εὐθήνου, | Θεαίτητος ἱερός, | Μενεκράτης βʹ ἱε․․․ || Κολλυβᾶς, | Ἀντίφιλος Ἀττάλου, | Αὔξιμος Φιλαργύρου, | Μητρόδωρος ∙ βʹ | Ἐρασίστρατος, || Ἀρίστων Μητροδώρου, | Ἀπολλώνιος Διονυσίου | Κόττος.

IMagnSip 15.
Photo © Laurent Bricault 2005.

 

Item added: December 6, 2012
Item modified: December 3, 2015
ID number: 7272
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