Protocol of a meeting of the Areopagos concerning honors awarded to Polybios. Stele of bluish marble, broken at the top; inscribed on the front and the back faces in the same hand (nos. 863-864).
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Lydia — Sardis (Sart) — ca. 150 AD — Die epigraphische und altertumskundliche Erforschung (1993) 213-214 — SEG 46.1525 (cf.)
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| λ̣ειπέσθω ∙ ἐπερώτ[ησεν — — — —] | |
| ὁ πρόεδρος ∙ δοκεῖ γραφῆναι τ[οῖς] | |
| κρατίστοις Σαρδιανοῖς ὑπὲρ το̣[ῦ] | |
| ἀξιολογωτάτου Πολυβίου; ∙ π̣ᾶσ̣[ιν? ∙] | |
| 5 | τί οἴεσθε ∙ ὑπομνηματισάσ̣[θω? ∙] |
| εἰσκληθεὶς εἶπε Πολύβιος ∙ μεγ[α]- | |
| λειοτέραν τῆς παρούσης μοι εὐ̣- | |
| δαιμονίας οὐδεμίαν ἄλλην κρίν[ω], | |
| ἄνδρες Ἀρεοπαγεῖται· παρ’ ὑμῖν ε̣[ὐ]- | |
| 10 | τύχηκα καὶ στῆναι καὶ εἰπεῖν κα[ὶ] |
| τῆς ἀφ’ ὑμῶν ἀπολαῦσαι μαρτυ[ρί]- | |
| ας ἧς ποτε τυχόντες μέγα ἐφ[ρό]- | |
| νησαν καὶ θεοί ∙ ἐξεβόησαν | |
| ∙ ἄξιος ∙ |