Epitaph of Flavius Smaragdos and his family.  Fragment of a marble plaque, probably from the side of a sarcophagus.
[ ] Thrace — Maroneia — 3rd c. AD — AEMTh 11 (1997) 652 — SEG 49.891 — cf. SEG 55.743 (p. 208)
1 [Σμ]ά̣ραγδος Φλ(άβιο)ς τ̣ε̣[λευτήσας ἐποίη]-
 σεν τὸ ἀνγεῖον ἑαυτῷ καὶ [τῇ συμβίῳ {²⁷γυναικὶ}²⁷]
  ἑαυτοῦ Ἐλπίδι καὶ τῇ θυγατρὶ Ἐλ̣[πι]-
  νείκην, ἰς ἣν οὐ βούλομαι ἕτερον̣
5 θῆναι· ἐὰν δέ τις τολμήσῃ ἕτερον θ̣[ῆναι]
  ἀποτείσει προστείμου τῷ φίσκῳ 𐆖 [͵βφʹ(?)]
   καὶ τῇ πόλει 𐆖 ͵βφʹ. vacat
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