Funerary epigram. Upper part of a molded base of gray marble; a wreath in relief in the center of the inscribed face.
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Lydia — Philadelphia (Alaşehir) — 2nd c. AD — H. Malay, Manisa Mus. (1994) 100, 318 — SGO 1 (1998) 488, 04/24/16
1 | χαίροις· καὶ παρ’ ἐμοῦ σύ· |
τίς εἰμι δὲ καὶ τίς ὁ φύσας / | |
{²molding}² | |
3 | ἠδὲ πάτρης ποίας, τύν- |
βον ἔχευε δὲ τίς, / | |
5 | μάνθαν’ ἐμῇ φωνῇ τοι- |
σίδε τοῖς ἔπεσιν· / | |
πατὴρ μὲν ἐξέφυ- | |
σέ με, ὃν στήλλη λαλε[ῖ], / | |
[․․․․]Ο̣Λ̣ΝΕ δὲ αὐτὸς Ε- | |
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