Posthumous honours for Dionysios, and a foundation
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source date: Second to third centuries CE
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ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἐτείμησαν Διονύσιον [...]υ τοῦ Τα[...] τοῦ Δημητρίου τοῦ Πε[...] παῖδα τῶν εὖ γεγονότων τελευτήσαντα προμοίρως ἀσύνκριτον γενόμενον περὶ τὴν πλαστικὴν τέχνην· τοῦ [...]υ τοῦ Ζω[...] ἀνατεθεικότος τῇ κρατίστῃ βουλῇ εἰς αἰωνίους κλήρους και [...] ἀργυρίου δηνάρια ρι ποιησαμένου δὲ τὴν κατασκευὴν καὶ ἀνάστασιν τοῦ ἀνδριάντος παρ' ἑαυτοῦ

[^a1: at 20: [-ὴν κατ’ἐπί]τα[ξ]ιν [τοῦ τεθνηκοτος | [-ὴν καὶ τὴν ἀνάσ]τα[σ]ιν [τοῦ ἀνδριάν]τος | [-ὴν καὶ ἀ]νάστασιν τοῦ ἀνδ[ριάν]τος]

The Council and the People honoured Dionysios son of [ . . ? . . ], grandson of Ta[ . . ? . . ], great-grandson of Demetrios, great-great-grandson of Pe [ . . ? . . ], descendant of well-born men, who died before his time, being incomparable in the art of modelling. [ . . ? . . ] dedicated to the most powerful Council for perpetual distributions? ?110 silver denarii and arranged for the preparation and erection of the statue at his own expense.

[...] (a, lines 1-22); [...] K.V.19, Abklatsch 22 (a, lines 5-21); [...], considerably damaged ; [...], still further damaged

[...] 72, whence [...], 134, n.1, [...] 4 , [...] 1948.211a , [...], 64 (emendation); [...] 520bis , whence [...] 273 ; [...] 18 , whence [...] 40.941 , [...] H.96 (listed); [...] 1.160.