Honorific inscription for A. Didius Postumus, governor of Cyprus.  Base of white marble, broken on the upper left corner, in second use. Inscription II inscribed in place of lines 2-4 (erased) of I.
[ ] Kos Isl. — Kos — Asklepieion — 2nd c. BC (I), late 1st c. BC (II) — BMusImp 3 (1932) 6, 3 — K. Höghammar, Sculpture (1993) 167, 57
I.1       〚[ὁ δᾶμος] ἐ̣τ̣[ί]μ̣[α]σ̣ε̣〛
II.1         Αὖλον Δίδιον Πόστομον ἀνθύπατον
       Κύπρου, ἀντιλαβόμενον τᾶς ἱερᾶς καὶ
      δαμοσίας ἁμῶν ἐν Κύπρωι χώρας καὶ πρ[ο]-
     νοαθέντα τῶν τᾶς πόλιος δικαίων.
I.5 ἀρετᾶς ἕνεκα καὶ εὐνοίας
          τᾶς εἰς αὑτόν.
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