Funerary verse
created: Transcription (Chaniotis).
source date: Mid second to mid third century CE
language: en; grc
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Τύμβόν, σοι, Φιλάδελφε, καταφθιμένῳ ἐμόγησα Ἑλενίς, ἡ μήτηρ ᾧ ἐπέγραψε πάρος πῶς ἔθανες; ποίοισι τόποις; τίνος ἦς ἀκόλουθος; ζητοῦσα ψυχὴν τέκνου κατατεθνηῶτος τῷ καὶ ἑκοῦσα, τέκνον, καταβήσομαι δόμον εἰς Ἀΐδαο καὶ σὺν σοὶ μελέη κείσομαι ἀθάνατος

This tomb, Philadelphos, I labored for you with pain, when you died, I, Helenis, your mother. On your tomb [or: for you] this I inscribed once. How did you die? In what places? Whose follower were you? Seeking the soul of my child, who has died, for this, my child, even of my own free will I shall descend to the house of Hades and with you I shall lie, wretched in eternity.

For you, Philadelphos, since you are dead, I made this grave with toil. I, Helenis, your mother. For you who are dead, I had this once inscribed. How did you die? In which part of the world? Whose follower were you? I am seeking for the soul of my deceased child and because of this, of my own free will, I shall, my child, descend to the house of Hades. With you I will rest, forever wretched.

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