Smyrna (Ionia, Asia Minor — Pleiades map), late imperial era
ISmyrna 416
= IGladiateurs 240
= IGR IV 1453
= PHI 255490
= AGRW ID# 10505
Slab of grey marble decorated with a relief of a boy with a dog framed by pillars, now in the Rijksmuseum in Leiden (inv. S 710; 55 x 25-27 x 8 cm).
Melitine for her own child.
(relief of a boy and a dog)
His father, Heraklas, prepared the grave together with (?) the family (phamilia) of gladiators (monomachoi) and players (ludarii; likely gladiators of a specific type) of Apellikon for the sake of honor.
Translation by: HarlandΜελιτίνη τέκνῳ ἰδίῳ | Μάρκῳ | καὶ Ἡρακλᾶς ὁ πατὴρ | κατεσκεύασαν συ||νκατενενκάσης | φαμιλίας Ἀπελλίκο|ντος μονομάχων κὲ | λουδαρίων τιμῆς ἕνεκον.
Item added: February 8, 2013
Item modified: December 8, 2015
ID number: 10505
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