Prusa by Olympos (Bithynia, Asia Minor — Pleiades map), I BCE-I CE
AGRW 98 =
GRA 102 =
IPrusaOlymp 1054 + 1028
= Richard W. V. Catling and Nikoletta Kanavou, “The Gravestone of Meniketes Son of Menestheus: ‘IPrusa’ 1028 and 1054,” ZPE 163 (2007) 103-117
= SEG 42 (1992), no. 1112 + SEG 28 (1978), no. 1585
= PHI 278747
= AGRW ID# 63
Menekites son of Menestheus.
I did not travel the murky way of Acheron where the dead travel by ferry, but I, Meniketes, sped into the harbours of those who are blessed. For I furnished for her house the linen–covered beds of the goddess of Egypt, which are unutterable for those who are impure. Honoured by dead men, oh stranger, I gained a remarkable reputation among the Isis–devotees (Isiakoi) as a testimony. For I have brought about glory for my father Menestheus, leaving behind three children. You, however, walk this way without causing harm!
Translation by: Harland(no. 1054)
Μηνικέτης Μενεσθέως
(relief depicting the family at a funerary meal)
(no. 1028)
(relief depicting the family)
οὐ δνοφερὰν Ἀχέροντος ἔβαν νεκυο|στόλον οἶμον / Μηνικέτης, μακάρων | δ’ ἔδραμον εἰς λιμένας· / δέμνια γὰρ λινόπε̣|π̣λα θεᾶς ἄρρητα βεβήλοις / Αἰγύπτου τρα||φεροῖς δώμασιν ἁρμοσάμαν· / τιμήεις δὲ βρο|τοῖσι θανών, ξένε, τὰν ἐπίσαμον / φάμαν Ἰσ̣ια̣|κ̣ῶν μάρτυρ’ ἐπεσπ̣ασάμαν· / πατρὶ δὲ κῦδος | ἔθηκα Μενεσθέϊ, τρισσὰ λελοιπὼς / τέκνα· | τὺ δὲ στείχοις τάνδε ὁδὸν ἀβλαβέως. /
IPrusaOlymp 1054 (top that goes with 1028).
© 1991 Thomas Corsten. Reproduced with permission.
IPrusaOlymp 1028 (the bottom portion that fits with 1054).
© 1991 Thomas Corsten. Reproduced with permission.
Item added: November 3, 2011
Item modified: March 5, 2016
ID number: 63
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