Honorary inscription in Latin for [Ti(berius) Claud]ius
[Ba]lbillus, on base; c. AD 55; found at Ephesos: FiE III no. 42;
AnnEpig 1924, 78; Cichorius, RhM 76, 1927, 104; Smallwood, Doc.’s
Gaius 261.a; *IEph 3042; **Rigsby, BASP 22, 1985, 279-289 (ll. 4,
5, 6).
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IEph 3042
| 1 | [Ti(berio)∙ Claud]ịo∙ Ti(berii)∙ Claudi |
| [Thrasyll]ị?∙ f(ilio)∙ Quir(ina) | |
| [Ba]lbillo | |
| [archierei] aedium∙ divi∙ Aug(usti)∙ et | |
| 5 | [ararum sacrarum e]t∙ lucorum∙ sacro- |
| [rum omnium qu]ae∙ sunt∙ Alexan- | |
| [dreae et in tota Aegypt]o∙ et∙ supra∙ mu- | |
| [s]euṃ∙ eṭ ạ[b Alexandri]na∙ bybliothece | |
| et archi[erei et ad Herm]en Alexan- | |
| 10 | dreon∙ peṛ [annos —ʹ] et∙ ad∙ legati- |
| ones∙ et∙ resp[onsa Graeca? Ca]esaris∙ Aug(usti)∙ | |
| divi∙ Claudị e[t trib(uno) milit(um) le]g(ionis)∙ XX et∙ prae[f(ectori)] | |
| fabr(um)∙ divi Cla[udi et d(onis) d(onato) in tri]ụmp̣ḥ[o a divo] | |
| Claudio∙ [corona — et hasta] | |
| 15 | pura [et vexillo —] |