Funerary inscription for Loukios
created: Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)
source date: First to fourth centuries CE
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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τὸν σεμνῶς ζήσαντα καὶ ἤθεσι δοξασθέντα τειμαῖς τειμηθέντα τέχνῃ δέ τοὶ μοῦνον ἐόντα πάνσοφον ἐν πολλοῖς ἔργεσιν Λούκιον ἔνθα μέλαινα Λιβύης κατὰ γαῖα καλύπτει Σώστρατος Λουκίῳ τῷ ἰδίῳ θρεπτῷ ζήσαντι ἔτη κα μνήμης χάριν χαίρετε παροδεῖται

One who lived honourably and respected for his way of life, honoured ?with official honours, being of singulars skill and wholly informed in many tasks, Lucius, here the black earth of Libya conceals you. Sostratos set this up for Lucius, his own nursling , who lived for twenty-one years; in memory.

Hail, passers-by!

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