Ephesus 214

Item

Text Category
Inscription: letter
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
104
Location of Display
Author
Legatus pro praetore Publius Afranius Flavianus
Reference
Ephesus 214
Quotation
νῦν [δὲ ἤδ]η τὴν ἑαυτοῦ [δι]απ̣[ρεπῆ φ]ιλοσ̣[τ]ο̣ργίαν, ἣν ἐξ ἀρχῆ[ς πρὸ]ς̣ τὴν πόλιν ἔχει, φαν[ερὰν πᾶσι] πεπο[ιη]μένου, οἰκεῖον [ἅμα καὶ] πρέπον τῷ τε β[ίῳ τῷ ἑαυτ]οῦ κ[αὶ] τῷ ἤθει ν[ομίζοντος τὸ] κοσμεῖ̣[ν] καὶ σ[εμνύνειν καὶ τὰ ἁγ]νὰ κ̣[αὶ] τ̣ὰ κοινὰ τ[ῆς μεγίστης] καὶ ἐπισ[ημοτάτης ὑμῶν πόλεως, εἴ]ς τε τειμὴν καὶ εὐσέβ̣[ειαν τῆ]ς̣ ἐπι- φανεσ[τάτης θεᾶς] Ἀρτέμιδος καὶ τοῦ οἴκου τῶν αὐτοκρατό- ρ[ω]ν δ[ωρεαῖς καὶ χρη]μάτων ἀφιερώσει τὰ̣ νῦν φιλοτειμου- μένου
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Ephesos
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Medium/a Ornamenting
Sculptures of Artemis and of representations of civic institutions (see Kokkinia 2017, 220)
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Gaius Vibius Salutaris
Bibliography
Kokkinia 2017
Rogers 1991
Notes
Photo from Rogers 1991, 198-199.
Item Identifier
A00424
Determination
Derived directly from text