Honours by Sacred Victors and Other Groups for the Poet Secundus (II-III CE)

Hierapolis (Phrygia, Asia Minor — Pleiades map), late II-III CE
Tullia Ritti, Fonti letterarie ed epigrafiche (Hierapolis scavi e ricerche 1. Rome: Giorgio Bretschneider Editore, 1985) 96 (no. 10). = IHierapJ 36 = IGR IV 827 = PHI 271651 = AGRW ID# 10533
Copenhagen Inventory info: 138

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Base of white marble the south entrance to the theater (62 x 33 x 60 cm; letter height: 2.5 cm).

The Council, the People, the elders’ organization, the most sacred synod (soinodos = synodos), and the sacred victors (hieronikai) from the world honored Quintus Flavius Secundus, virtuous poet of every metre.

Translation by: Harland

ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος <κ>α̣ὶ(?) ἡ γε|ρουσία καὶ ἡ εἱροτάτη σοίνοδος {σύνοδος} καὶ | ὑ {οἱ} ἀπὸ τῆς οἰκουμένης ἱερονῖκαι | Κύ<ν>τ̣ον {ΚΥΗ̣ΙΟΝ} Φά̣β̣ιον Σεκοῦνδον παντὸ[ς] || μέτρου πυητὴν ἄριστον.

IHierapJ 36: Facsimile by Judeich.
Public domain.

Item added: February 14, 2013
Item modified: October 18, 2020
ID number: 10533
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Category: 3) Asia Minor, e) Phrygia, f) 2nd century CE, g) 3rd century CE, h) Groups of performers, athletes, or gladiators, Honorary inscription, j) Facsimiles or squeezes of inscriptions, sarcophagus / coffin

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