Thasos (Northern islands, Aegean Islands — Pleiades map), II CE
IG XII,8 581
= IG X,2 1 1041
= PHI 79786
= AGRW ID# 4474
(side A)
To good fortune! A safe voyage with good luck for Herakles from Thessalonike, the (ship) of Epiktetos and Zoilos, and for Zoilos, the chief profit-making merchant (archikerdemporos), with good luck.
(side B)
. . . (two illegible lines) for . . . the freedman of Caesar . . . Trophimos, the shipper (nauklēros), and for his fellow-sailors, may the journey be productive.
Translation by: Arnaoutoglou and Harland(side A)
[ἀγ]αθῇ τ̣ύ̣χ̣[ῃ]· | εὔπλεα τῷ Ἡρα|κλῇ, τῷ εὐτυχῇ, | τῷ Θεσσαλονει||κεῖ, τῷ Ἐπικτή|του καὶ Ζωΐλου. | Ζωΐλῳ ἀρχικερ|δενπόρῳ εὐ|τυχῶς. ||
(side B, beginning at line 10)
[ — — — ]ιο |[ — — —κισ| — — — Και]σαριανῷ, | [— — Τρο]φίμῳ ναυκλή̣|[ρ]ῳ καὶ τοῖς συνπλέ||ουσιν̣ εἷς φορός.
IG XII,8 581 from Thasos.
Photo courtesy of Ilias Arnaoutoglou, Academy of Athens.
© Ilias Arnaoutoglou 2012.
Item added: October 25, 2012
Item modified: November 10, 2012
ID number: 4474
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