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47. Epitaph of Daikrates

 






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Τρωΐλος Μάγαντος β′
καὶ Καλλικλῆς Δαϊκράτους
Δαϊκράτην β′, Τρωΐλος μ–
ὲν τὸν ἑαυτοῦ τροφέα, {κ}
(I line uninscribed or erased?)
Καλλικλῆς δὲ τὸν ἑαυ–
τοῦ πατέρα μνήμης
ἕνεκεν.

Troilos, son of Magas II, and Calicles, son of Daikrates, for Daikrates II; Troilos in his foster father's [-- (?) --], and Calicles in his father's memory.

Profiled funerary column, found and documented by Bean and Schindler in 1966 in or near a tea house in İbecik (beim çay evi). We found the stone in 2004 in an old tea house in the village square of İbecik, serving as the upright of a table in the middle of the room. It was whitewashed and the inscription was only just discernible.

Height: 88 cm; diameter: 39 cm; letters: 2-2.5 cm.

Schindler 1972, no. 22 (pl. 3.14: squeeze); BullÉp 1973, no. 461; Milner 1998, p. 3, no. 2.4.

L. 1-3 : Τρωΐλος: see no. 23, Καλλικλῆς: see no. 72; Μάγας: no. 24; Δαϊκράτης: no. 40. On the name of the deceased placed in the accusative case, see no. 35.

L. 4 : On foster sons (θρεπτοί): Ramsay 1930, pp. 285-287; Cameron 1939; Nani 1944; Sacco 1980; Versnel 1980, pp. 558-559; Patterson 1985, pp. 121-123; Rawson 1986, p. 198 n. 12 (bibliography); Nielsen 1987; Boswell 1988, pp. 116-121; Marek 1993, p. 114 (bibliography); Guinea 1998; Dixon 1999; Nielsen 1999; Schweyer 2002, pp. 195-196; Levick 2004, p. 182.

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