Honorific inscription for a benefactress, listing her dedications to the Egyptian gods.  Thick plaque of white marble, broken at the top and bottom; inscription in a recessed field.
[ ] Kos Isl. — Kos — 2nd c. AD — K. Buraselis, Kos (2000) 105-106, and n. 189 (excerpt)
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πέντε καὶ δαι̣τ̣ρ̣ο̣Ι Ι̣Ι̣[․․ χρύ]-
σεον χρυσῶν ὀκτὼ [καὶ λύ]-
χνον ἀργύρεον καὶ ἱερώμα[τα]
<⁶¹ἅγια καὶ χλαμύδα Ἀνουβια[κ]ὰ̣>⁶¹
5 <⁶¹καὶ βωμὸν χάλκεον καὶ τρά>⁶¹-
πεζαν μαρμαρίναν καὶ θυ-
μιατήριον ἀκρόχαλκον καὶ
τρίποδα νίτρινον καὶ θρό-
νον πύξινον σὺν ὑποποδί-
10 ῳ καὶ ἀγαλμάτια δεκαπέντε
καὶ παραπετάσματα τρία
καὶ κρατῆρα ὑελοῦν.
  ὁ δᾶμος {Χ} ἐψαφίξατο
  χρηματίζειν αὐτὰν
15   εὐσεβῆ, ἡρωΐδα,
    φιλόπατριν.
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