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
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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. |