Funerary inscription by Pu(blius) Ae(lius) Neikostratos
for self and family, with penalty for violating grave; AD
150/180?; found at Smyrna: Fontrier, Mous. I 1873-5, 111, no. B;
Ramsay, AJA 1, 1885, 141-142, no. II; Waltzing, Et. hist. III 54,
no. 151; IGRR IV 1459; *ISmyrna 204 (PH).
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ISmyrn 204
| 1 | Πό(πλιος) Αἴ(λιος) Νεικόστρατος̣ |
| κατεσκεύασε τὸ μνη- | |
| μεῖον αὐτῷ καὶ τῇ γυναι- | |
| κὶ καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις καὶ ἐ- | |
| 5 | γόνοις αὐτῶν καὶ θρέμ- |
| ασι· καὶ μηδενὶ ἐξὸν εἶ- | |
| ναι πωλῆσαι μήτε ἐξ- | |
| αλλοτριῶσαι. εἰ δέ τις | |
| παρὰ ταῦτα ποήσει, ἀπο- | |
| 10 | τείσει τοῖς φορτηγοῖς |
| τοῖς περὶ τὸν βεῖκον | |
| 𐆖 σνʹ. τούτου δὲ τὸ | |
| ἀντίγραφον ἀπό- | |
| κειται εἰς τὸ ἐν Σ- | |
| 15 | μύρνῃ ἀρχεῖον. |