Funerary inscription in elegiacs for Zosime Atheni[ ... ];
imperial; provenance unknown, once in Smyrna: Dörner, Inschr. aus
Bithynien 117; Peek, GV I 1666; Drew-Bear, Arktouros 313;
*ISmyrna 555.
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ISmyrn 555
| 1 | οὐ τὸ θανεῖν λυπηρόν, |
| ἐπεὶ τάδε Μοῖρ’ ἐπέκλω- | |
| σε, ἀλλὰ πρὶν ἡλικίης | |
| κὲ γονέων πρότερον̣· | |
| 5 | μήτ’ ἀνδρὸς πλησ[․․․] |
| θάλαμον μήτε π̣[ατ]- | |
| ρὶ χάριν ἀποδοῦσ[α ․․.] | |
| Ζωσίμη Ἀθηνι[—.] |