Honorary inscription for Marcus Antonius Mel[e]agros,
descendant of basileis, by demos, on base of white marble; 27
BC/AD 14; found at Kahraman: *Cousin & Diehl, BCH 10, 1886,
305-307, no. 2; Reinach, REG 5, 1892, 411-412, no. 7; BE
1893:287; Robert, Laodicée 309, note 0; BE 1970:540.
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BCH 1886, 305-7, no. 2
1 | [ὁ δ]ῆμος ἐτείμησεν |
[πά]λιν ταῖς μεγάλαις | |
[τει]μαῖς καὶ ἀνέθηκεν | |
Μᾶρκον Ἀντώνιον Μελ[έ]- | |
5 | αγρον βασιλέων ἔκγο- |
νον ἄριστον τά τε ἤθη κα[ὶ] | |
τοὺς λόγους ἀρχιερατε[ύ]- | |
σαντα τἡς Ῥώμης καὶ τοῦ | |
Σεβαστοῦ Καίσαρος εὐσε- | |
10 | βῶς καὶ ὁσίως καὶ πλεῖστ[α] |
καὶ μέγιστα εἰς τὴν πατρίδ[α] | |
ἀναλώσαντα ἔν τε τῆι ἀρ- | |
χιερεωσύνηι καὶ πρότερο[ν] | |
ἐν τῆι ἐνιαυσίωι γυμνασ[ι]- | |
15 | αρχίαι. |