Honorary/funerary inscription by [demos] for [Diotrephes
Diotrephou]s rhetor, on plaque of white marble; I2; found at
Denizli, perhaps from Antiocheia Mai.: Sheppard, AS 31, 1981,
20-22, no. 2 , ll. 1-11 (PH); *Jones, Chiron 13, 1983, 369-380,
ll. 1-11; BE 1984:412.
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Chiron 1983, 369-80.1-11
| 1 | [ὁ δῆμος ἐτείμησεν ταῖ]ς μεγίσταις τει[μαῖς κ]αὶ ἔθα- |
| [ψεν Διοτρέφη Διοτρέφου]ς, ῥήτορα, ἱερέα θεο̣[ῦ Μ]η̣νὸς | |
| [καὶ θεᾶς Ῥώμης ἀπὸ πρ]ογόνων, καὶ πολλὰς καὶ ε- | |
| [․․c.8․․․ ὑπὲρ τῆς πατρ]ίδος τελέσαντα [πρε]σ̣β̣[ε]ί̣α̣[ς] | |
| 5 | [πρὸς τοὺς ἡγουμένους] καὶ κατορθώσα[ντ]α π̣[․c.4․] |
| [․․․․․․․․c.20․․․․․․․․] τῶι δήμωι, καὶ ἐν τοῖς πολέ- | |
| [μοις ὑπακούσαντα με]γαλοψύχως τῇ πόλει πᾶν τὸ | |
| [ἀξιούμενον, καὶ πίστει?] καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ διεν[ενκ]ό[ν]- | |
| [τα, καλῶς? καὶ μεγαλοπρ]επῶς καὶ ἐνδόξως καὶ εὐσε- | |
| 10 | [βῶς γυμνασιαρχήσαντα,] ἐν πολέμοις καὶ ἐν εἰρήνηι |
| [γεγονότα ἀγαθὸν ἄνδρ]α καὶ σωτῆρα καὶ εὐεργέτην. |