Funerary inscriptions.  Block of white marble, inscribed on three faces (c is later); found in a subterranean grave chamber.
[ ] Kos Isl. — Kos — Platani — Rom. Imp. period — SEG 57.794
face a.1 ἄστοχον ἐλπίδε[ς]
εἶσιν ἐν ἀνθρώποις
ἰδίου ἀνὰ v καὶ βίου.
 
face b.1 [ὧι] φθόνος ἦν ἐμ β̣ί̣[ῳ]
μεταβάλλεται ἄλλο
[π]ρὸς ἄλλο· κεῖται δ’ οὐ-
δὲν ἀρὲς ἐφόρμιον,
5 ἀλλὰ δονεῖται.
 
face c (later).1 [— — —] Ὀφήλλ-
[ιε χα]ῖρε.

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