Honorific inscription for Menophilos, a priest of Roma and Augustus.  Semicircular base of black-streaked white marble.
[ ] Lydia — Philadelphia (Alaşehir) — Eski Badınca — 27/26 BC — EA 5 (1985) 24, 2 — SEG 35.1169
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1                    ὁ δῆμο[ς]
               ἐτείμησε[ν Μη]-
               νόφιλον Διο[νυσί]-
              ου, φύσει δὲ Ἰό[λλα],
5            ἄνδρα ἀγαθὸν γε̣[νόμενον],
         ἱερέα τῆς Ῥώμης καὶ τ̣[οῦ Σεβαστοῦ]
         ἐν τῷ ∙ ε ∙ ἔτει τῆς Αὐτ[οκράτορος Καί]-
      σαρος Θεοῦ υἱοῦ Σεβασ[τοῦ νίκης],
[ἀ]ν̣αστρα̣φέντα περί τε τὴ̣[ν — — — —]
10     [—]ι̣αν καὶ τὴν γυμνασια[ρχίαν — —]
          καὶ ἐπιμελέστατα κα[— — — —]
          ἀρετῆς ἕνεκεν καὶ εὐ[νοίας τῆς εἰς ἑ]-
                           αυτόν.
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