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LSA-786 Upper part of base for statue of Pyrrhus, governor of Creta. Gortyna (Creta). Second half of the fourth century








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Gortyna Province: Creta Region: Aegean Islands, with Crete
Details: Gortyna, praetorium
Current Location: Not recorded
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Local stone Re-Use? No
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): 57 Width(cm): 45 Depth(cm):
Language: Greek Text Type: Verse
SUBJECT
Honorand: Pyrrhus, governor of Creta Position: Provincial Governors Gender: Male
Awarder: City and council (boule) of Gortyn Position: Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest: 350 Latest : 400
MAIN REFERENCE
Guarducci, M., Inscriptiones Creticae. Vol 4. Tituli Gortynii, Roma 1950, no. 324
INSCRIPTION
Text: Ὁπλότερον Πύρρον, / προτέρῳ ἴσον ἦτορ / ἔχοντα
καὶ γέρας /(4) εὐνομίης κ(αὶ) σοφίης ταμίην [[ε]]/
στῆσε πόλις βουλή τε, γέ/ρας βραχὺ τοῦτο διδοῦσα /
λάινον ἀντ’ ἀγαθῶν / ὧν πόρεν ἀρχόμενοις.		 Trans: The city and the council set (this) up (to) the younger Pyrrhus, having the same spirited heart as the older, both the prize of justice and the treasurer of wisdom, giving this small stone as reward for the benefits he gave his subjects
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