Funerary epigram for the gladiator Melanippos. Marble slab, damaged at the sides; reused on the back face for a Byzantine text.
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Troas — Alexandreia Troas (Daylan, nr.) — Kemallı — 2nd c. AD — CIG 2.3765 — W. Peek, GVI I (1955) 813 — IK Iznik 277
See also:
| 1 | [τ]ὸν θρασὺν ἐν σταδίοις ἐσο- |
| [ρ]ᾷ̣ς̣ με̣ [ν]έκυν, παροδεῖτα ∙ / Ταρ̣- | |
| [σ]έ̣α ῥη[τ]ιάριν ∙ δεύτερον πᾶλον | |
| Μ̣ελάνιππον ∙ / οὐκέτι χαλκε- | |
| 5 | [λ]άτου φωνὴν σάλπιγγος ἀκο[ύω] / |
| [οὐ]δ’ ἀνίσων αὐλῶν ∙ κέλαδον ἀ- | |
| [εθ]λῶν ἀνεγείρω ∙ / φασὶν δ’ Ἡρα- | |
| [κ]λ̣έα δύο καὶ δέκα ἆθλα τελέσσ[αι] / | |
| [τα]ὐτὰ δ’ ἐγὼ τελέσας τρισκαιδέκατ[ον] | |
| 10 | τέλος ἔσχον. / |
| Θ̣άλλος καὶ Ζόη ∙ Μελανίππ[ῳ] | |
| [μ]ν̣είας χάριν ∙ ἐκ τῶν ∙ ἰδίων | |
| ἐποίησαν. |