Apameia Kelainai (Phrygia, Asia Minor — Pleiades map), undated
IGR IV 796
= IPhrygR 309
= PHI 272502
= AGRW ID# 6111
Apphia, mother of Papias, made the tomb from her own resources for her son Hesychos, leader of the merchants (enporiarchēs). His companions (synbiōtai; i.e. likely members of a merchant association) and thirty-two others were anxious (to remember him). Farewell good hero!
Translation by: HarlandἈπφία Παπίου μήτηρ | Ἡσύχῳ ἐνποριάρχῃ | τέκνῳ κὲ αἱαυτῇ {ἑαυτῇ} | ἐποίησε τὸ ἡρῷον || ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων, σπου|δασάντων κὲ τῶν | συνβιωτῶν κὲ λβʹ ἄλ̣λων | ἥρως χρηστὲ χαῖρε.
Item added: November 16, 2012
Item modified: December 4, 2015
ID number: 6111
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