Associations in the Greco-Roman World (AGRW)

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Honors (frag.) by Lycians for the Daughter (?) of Governor Lochos (127-124 BCE) Paphos on Cyprus - Southeastern islands


Paphos on Cyprus (Southeastern islands, Aegean Islands — Pleiades map), 127-124 BCE
T. B. Mitford, "The Hellenistic Inscriptions of Old Paphos," ABSA 56 (1961) 1–41, at 29 (no. 76) = OGIS 147 = SEG 13 (1956), no. 575 = PHI 310837 = AGRW ID# 20541
Copenhagen Inventory info: 1983


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Pedestal for a statue found in the sanctuary of Aphrodite (broken in two).

. . . Name daughter of Lochos son of Kallimedes, “cousin”, defender, royal recorder, and powerful governor of the Thebaid region (in Egypt).  The association (koinon) of Lycians stationed on the island set this up.

Translation by: Harland



[․․]ν̣αντην Λόχου το̣[ῦ] Κ̣α̣<λ>[λιμήδου] | [τ]οῦ συγγενοῦς καὶ ὑπερμάχου | καὶ ὑπομνηματογράφου καὶ στρατηγοῦ | αὐτοκράτορος τῆς Θηβαΐδος τὸ κοινὸν || τῶν ἐν τῆι νήσωι τασσομένων Λυκίων.

Item added: December 17, 2015
Item modified: January 12, 2021
ID number: 20541
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