Smyrna (Ionia, Asia Minor — Pleiades map), 98-117 CE
ISmyrna 642
= PHI 255063
= AGRW ID# 10489
Fragment of a slab found in the market (agora; 24 x 37 x 13 cm). This fragmentary honorary inscription for Claudius Bion makes mention of the "Hellenes engaged in business" (pragmateuomenoi) which may or may not be a reference to the same (province-wide) association of "Romans and Hellenes in Asia" (οἱ ἐπὶ τῆς Ἀσίας Ῥωμαῖοι καὶ Ἕλληνες) attested at Laodikeia in the Lykos valley (see ILaodikLykos 82 = IGR IV 860, which forms the basis of the reconstruction of the text below). For a Ti. Claudius Bion, see ISmyrna 731 on this site.
Too fragmentary to translate.
Translation by: Harland[οἱ ἐπὶ τῆς Ἀσίας?] π̣ραγματ̣[ευό]|μενοι Ῥωμαῖοι] κ̣αὶ Ἕλλ̣ηνε̣[ς] | [— —]․Ο τῆς βουλῆ̣[ς] | [καὶ τοῦ δήμ]ο̣υ̣ ψ̣ηφ̣ίσ̣μ̣α̣τ̣ι̣ ἐτεί||[μησαν Γ(άϊον)?] Κ̣λ̣α̣ύ̣διον Ματρέου | [— — υ]ἱὸν Κυρείνα Β̣ίωνα | [— —]ν Κλαυ̣[δ]ί̣ου Βίωνος | [— — —]
Item added: February 6, 2013
Item modified: December 8, 2015
ID number: 10489
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