Funerary Honors (frag.) by Adoniasts and Other Associations (I BCE)

Lindos on Rhodes (Southeastern islands, Aegean Islands — Pleiades map), I BCE
ILindos 656 = RICIS 204/0339 = SIRIS 237 = PHI 191385 = AGRW ID# 15085
Copenhagen Inventory info: 81

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Fragment of a base of Lartian marble found in 1906 (28.5 x 55 x 62 cm). The plural farewell indicates that more than one person was being posthumously honored here, likely a couple.

Names . . . who have been honored. . . by the group-name (?). . . with a gold . . . crown (?) . . . and, again, have been honored. . . by the group-name (?). . . with a gold . . . crown and (?) . . . by the Adonis-devotees (Adoniastai) . . . and by the Sarapis-devotees (Sarapiastai) . . . and by the Hermes-devotees (Hermaistai) with a gold . . . crown (?). Farewell good people!

Translation by: Harland

τιμαθ[έντες ὑπὸ — — —] | χρυσ[έωι στεφάνωι] | καὶ πάλι τιμαθ[έντες ὑπὸ — — —] | χρυσέωι [στεφάνωι καὶ] | ὑπὸ Ἀδωνιαστᾶ[ν — — —] || καὶ ὑπὸ Σαραπιαστ[ᾶν — — —] | καὶ ὑπὸ Ἑρμαϊστᾶν χρυσέ[ωι στεφάνωι] | χρηστοὶ χαίρετε {ν}.

Item added: March 8, 2015
Item modified: February 23, 2021
ID number: 15085
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Category: 4) Greek Islands, Adonis, b) Southeastern islands (off Caria and Cilicia), Base, c) Deities or heroes, d) Group with a deity in its name (e.g. Demetriasts), e) 1st century CE, Funerary text, Hermes, Honorary inscription, Sarapis

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