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Levinskaya 1996 no. 7 (eng)

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1 To the highest god, the almighty, the blessed. During the rule of …-loving1The first epithet of Demetrius is unintelligible in its transmitted form. Suggested readings have included φιλογερμανικός by Latyshev), meaning “loyal to Germanicus” (LSJ s.v. φιλογερμανικόςi.e. loyal to Caligula. and homeland-loving king Mithridates, in year 338, in the month of Deios. Pothos, (son) of Strabo, dedicated (in?)2Noy, Panayotov and Bloedhorn supply an ἐν at the end of line 8, producing the reading ἀνέθηκεν <ἐν> τῇ προσευχῆι(“has dedicated in the prayer house”). Without the addition, the statement may be translated: “has dedicated to the prayer-house.”the prayer-house his slave, bred in his home, by the name of Chrysa, according to his vow, on the condition that she (remain) unharmed and unmolested by any heir, under Zeus, Ge, Helios.3In addition to being names of Greek gods, Γῆ Ἥλιοςalso retain their everyday meanings of “earth” and “sun” respectively.