Letter of priest of Zeus to people of Nysa, inviting them
to festival of Zeus; 2; found at Panamara: Hatzfeld, BCH 51,
1927, 74-75, no.’s 15-15bis; BE 1928:380; SEG 4, 251.a-b;
*IStratonikeia 27; SEG 34, 1073.
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IStr 27
| 1 | ὁ αὐτός vacat Νυσα[έω]ν |
| καὶ τὰς ἧττον συνγενῖς καὶ φίλας [πό]λις καλῶν ὡς τὸν θεὸν [ἐπὶ] | |
| τὴν τῶν ἱερῶν μετουσίαν τῷ ἐ[ξ]αιρέτῳ τιμῶν αὐτὰς ε․[—] | |
| [—] πρὸς τὸν θεὸ[ν τῷ] τοὺς ἀπὸ περάτων γ[ῆς εἰς] | |
| 5 | [εὐφροσύ]νην καλῖμ [πρὸ π]άντων ὑμᾶς, ὦ Ν[υσαεῖς,] |
| [καλ]ῶ φίλην καὶ συν[γ]ενῆ πόλιν· καὶ οὐκ οἶδα εἴ τ[ινα καὶ] | |
| [ἄ]λλην ταῦτ’ ἂν ἔχοιμεν ὀνομάζιν, ὥσπερ πρὸς τῷ ε[—] | |
| [δ]ηλον θεὸν Ἑκάτην οὐδὲν εὐσεβίᾳ διαλιπόντες η̣[—] | |
| [κ]αὶ [․] τὸν Δία δέ, οὕτως οὐχ ἧττον ὑμῶν καὶ αὐτὸν μ̣[—] | |
| 10 | καὶ διὰ τὴν ὁμογενῆ φύ[σ]ιν? τῶν θε[ῶν ․․] ἅτινα πο[—] |