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Honors (frag.) by Italian and Greek Businessmen for the Banker Gerillanus (ca. 100 BCE) Delos - Southwestern islands


Delos (Southwestern islands, Aegean Islands — Pleiades map), ca. 100 BCE
IDelos 1727 = PHI 64167 = AGRW ID# 21289


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Inscription found by S. Reinach on the east side of the Agora of the Italians (inv. Ε 104).

Italians and Greeks who are engaged in business on Delos (?) . . . set this up for . . . Maraeus Gerillanus (?) . . . son of Maraeus, . . . Roman working as a banker (?) . . . on Delos, . . . because of his virtue (?).

Translation by: Harland



[Μαραῖον Γεριλλα]ν̣ὸν Μαραίου | [υἱὸν Ῥωμαῖο]ν, | [τραπεζιτεύοντα ἐ]ν Δήλωι | [Ἰταλικοὶ καὶ Ἕλλ]ηνες || [οἱ ἐν Δήλωι πραγματε]ύομενοι | [ἀρετῆς ἕνεκ]εν.

Item added: January 8, 2016
Item modified: February 19, 2016
ID number: 21289
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