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Honors by Alexandrian Warehousemen for King Ptolemy (145-116 BCE) Delos - Southwestern islands


Delos (Southwestern islands, Asia Minor — Pleiades map), 145-116 BCE
IDelos 1529 = PHI 63965 = AGRW ID# 7316
Copenhagen Inventory info: 894


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Statue base.

The synod (synodos) (?) . . . of the elder warehousemen (egdocheis) of Alexandria . . . honored . . . the relative (?) of King Ptolemy, his sister Queen Cleopatra, and his wife Queen Cleopatra (?) . . .  because of the goodwill shown towards the synod.  Dedicated to . . . Apollo (?) . . . Artemis and Leto.

Translation by: Harland



[— — — συγγενῆ? βασιλέ]ων | [Πτολεμαίων? καὶ βασι]λίσσης | [Κλεοπάτρας τῆς ἀδελφ]ῆς καὶ | [βασιλίσσης Κλεοπ]ά̣τρας τῆς || [γυναικὸς ἡ σύνοδ]ος τῶν ἐν Ἀλε|[ξανδρείαι πρεσ]β̣υτέρων ἐγδοχέων | [εὐνοίας ἕν]εκεν τῆς εἰς ἑαυτὴν | [Ἀπόλλ]ω̣νι, Ἀρτέμιδι, Λητοῖ.

IDelos 1529: Alexandrian Warehousemen.
Photo © Claire Tuan 2012.

Item added: December 7, 2012
Item modified: November 14, 2020
ID number: 7316
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