Ephesos (Ionia, Asia Minor — Pleiades map), 138-161 CE
IEph 1165
= PHI 248248
= AGRW ID# 8273
Block found in the church of Mary (28 x 56 cm; letter height: 2.8 cm).
. . . Publius Aelius (?) . . . Menandros, chief-physician (archiatros)
Surgical instrument contest: Publius (?) . . . Aelius Secundus.
Publius Vedius. . . Spendon was head of the gymnasium of the physicians (iatroi) during the two days of the contest.
Translation by: Harland[Πό(πλιος) Αἴλιος Μέ]νανδρος ἀρχιατ̣ρ̣ός· | [ὀργάνου· Πό(πλιος) Α]ἴλιος Σεκοῦνδος· | [γυμνασιαρχ]οῦντος τῶν ἰατρῶν ταῖς | [τοῦ ἀγῶνος δ]υσὶν ἡμέραις Πο(πλίου) Βηδίου || [— — Σπέ]νδοντος.
IEph 1165: Drawing by Josef Keil, “Ärtzteinschriften Aus Ephesos,” JÖAI 8 (1905) 131.
Public domain.
Item added: December 19, 2012
Item modified: December 7, 2015
ID number: 8273
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