Honorary inscription in Latin for Valerius Festus by
argyrochooi of Ephesos, on base; c. AD 250/260; found at Ephesos:
*JÖAI 55, 130-131, no. 4297; SEG 34, 1094.
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JÖAI 55, 1984, 130-31, no. 4297
| 1 | ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ· |
| τῆς πρώτης καὶ με- | |
| γίστης μητροπόλεως | |
| τῆς Ἀσίας καὶ τρὶς νε- | |
| 5 | ωκόρου τῶν Σεβαστ(ῶν) |
| Ἐφεσίων οἱ ἀργυροχόοι | |
| Οὐαλέριον Φῆστον | |
| τὸν ἐκ προγόνων ἀνθυ(πατικόν), | |
| κτίστην μὲν πολλῶν ἔργων | |
| 10 | τῆς Ἀσίας τῆς δὲ Ἐφέσου |
| κατὰ τὸν ἥρωα Ἀντωνῖνον, | |
| τὸν δὲ λιμένα μείζονα | |
| Κροίσου ποιήσαντα, | |
| τὸν ἑαυτῶν σωτῆρα | |
| 15 | καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν εὐεργέτην |
| ἀνέστησαν. |