Posthumous honours for Marcus Aurelius Zenas
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source date: Third century CE
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[...] παῖδα τῶν εὐ γεγονότων ἄνδρα εὐγενείᾳ καὶ ἤθει σεμνῷ διενένκοντα ζήσαντα κοσμίως καὶ αἰδημόνως πρὸς ὑπόδειγμα ἀρετῆς καὶ ἐπαινεθέντα ἐφ' αἷς μεγαλοψύχως ἐξετέλεσε ἀρχαῖς καὶ λιτουργίαις ἀναθέντα δὲ Μᾶρκον Αυρήλιον Ζηνᾶν Ζηνᾶ τοῦ Διονυσίου τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ τῇ ίερωτάτῃ βουλῇ εἰς αἰωνίους κλήρους ἀργυρίου ἀρχαῖα δηνάρια ͵βφ καθῶς διὰ τῆς γε νομένης αὐτοῦ ἀναθέσεως δηλοῦται

[...] descendant of well-born men, a man outstanding for good birth and reverend character; he lived with due order and with moderation to the point of being a demonstration of excellence; he was praised for the offices and liturgies in performance of which he acted magnanimously; and his father Marcus Aurelius Zenas son of Zenas the son of Dionysios, who dedicated to the worshipful Council with a view to money distributions to lot-selected councillors in perpetuity, the sum of 2500 old denarii as is made clear in the dedication.

[...], 34a, 29f, 29g (three fragments); [...] with a further four fragments, Temple 16, SBI 89

Three fragments: [...] 109 (lines 1-11), 116 (lines 1-3), 117 (lines 1-4) , whence [...] 581, 372 , [...] H.168 (listed); all fragments: [...] 1.179.