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Honours (frag.) by Cretans and Others for an Athlete (27 BCE-14 CE) Rhodos on Rhodes - Southeastern islands


Rhodos on Rhodes (Southeastern islands, Aegean Islands — Pleiades map), 27 BCE-14 CE
IG XII,1 77 = PHI 138613 = AGRW ID# 12517


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Broken slab of marble (46 x 34 x 24 cm). This fragmentary inscription lists some of a pentathlete's victories and the honors granted him by several groups, including an association (koinon) of Cretans settled in Rhodes and the civic Council.

Too fragmentary to translate.

 

Translation by: Harland



[τὸν δεῖνα — — νικάσαντα (nomen ludi)] | {line 1} [— — —]ον· κ[αὶ νικάσα]ν̣[τα ․․․] | [— — — πένταθ(?)]λον εἰσολύμπ̣ι̣ον ὑπὸ Κρη|[ταιέων τᾶς ἐνενηκ]ονταπόλεως ὑπὲρ Αὐτο|[κράτορος Καίσαρος] θεοῦ Σεβαστοῦ παῖδας || [καὶ δόλιχον καὶ πά]λ̣αν καὶ πανκράτιον· καὶ <λ>α̣β̣όντα | [στεφάνους ἀ]π̣ὸ τοῦ κοινοῦ τοῦ Κρηταιέων̣· καὶ | [ἐν Ῥόδῳ τιμαθ]έντα ὑπὸ τᾶν βουλᾶν πλεονάκις μ̣[ὲν] | [χρυσέοις σ]τεφάνοις, ἀναθεισᾶν δὲ ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ | [καὶ ἀνδριάντας χαλκέο]<υ>[ς] κ̣α̣ὶ̣ [πρό]σ̣ω̣π̣α ἀργύρε[α] || [— — —]

IG XII,1 77: Facsimile by Hiller von Gaertringen.
Public domain.

 

Item added: May 21, 2013
Item modified: March 6, 2015
ID number: 12517
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