Perinthos-Herakleia (Thrace, Danube and Black Sea areas — Pleiades map), I-II CE
IPerinthos 146
= SEG 48 (1998), no. 934
= PHI 167357
= AGRW ID# 14178
Copenhagen Inventory info: 710
. . . and for Sophrosyne. Now if anyone buries someone here, that person will pay to my company (speirē), whose members are named Sparganiotans (Sparganiōtai), . . . 100 gold stater (or: aureus [?]) coins (about 25 drachmas each) as well as a gold four-stater coin (?) (about 100 drachmas). What should the greeting be, oh passers-by? This–what you see here–is life: The sounds of the cicada stop suddenly, the rose blooms but withers quickly, the shelter was tied but it loosens and the wind returns. As a mortal man, he speaks; as a corpse, he stiffens. The soul is carried away and I have been released.
Translation by: HarlandItem added: July 4, 2013
Item modified: September 26, 2020
ID number: 14178
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