[Αὐτοκράτωρ
Καῖσαρ?] | [θεοῦ Ἰουλίου υἱός?,] | [ὕπατος ἀποδεδει]-|γμένος τὸ βʹ καὶ
[τὸ γʹ,] | τριῶν ἀνδρῶν τῆ<ς> | τῶν δημοσίων πρα-|γμάτων διατάξεως,
| Πλαρασέων καὶ Ἀφρο-|δεισιέων ἄρχουσιν, | βουλῇ, δήμῳ χαίρειν· | εἰ
ἔρρωσθε εὖ ἂν ἔ-|χοι, ὑγιαίνω δὲ καὶ | αὐτὸς μετὰ τοῦ στρα-|τεύματος.
Σόλων | Δημητρίου, <ὑ>μέτερος | πρεσβευτής, ἐπι-|μελέστατα πεφρον-|τ<ι>κὼς
τῶν τῆς πό-|λεως ὑμῶν πραγ-|μάτων, οὐ μόνον
| ἠρκέσθη ἐπὶ τοῖς [γ]-|εγονόσιν οἰκονο-|[μή]μασιν,
ἀλλὰ καὶ [ἡ]-|μᾶς παρεκάλε-|[σ]εν εἰς τὸ τοῦ γεγο-|νότος ὑμεῖν ἐπι-|κρίματος
καὶ δόγμα-|τος καὶ ὁρκίου καὶ νό-|μου ἀντιπεφωνημέ-|να ἐκ τῶν δημοσίων
| δέλτων ἐξαποστεῖ-|λαι ὑμεῖν τὰ ἀντί-|γραφα· ἐφ’ οἷς ἐπαινέ-|σας τὸν
Σόλωνα μᾶ[λ]-|λον ἀπεδεξάμην ἔσ-|χον τε ἐν τοῖς ὑπ’ ἐμοῦ | γεινωσκομένοις
| ᾧ καὶ τὰ καθήκοντα | ἀπεμέρισα φιλάν-|θρωπα ἄξιον ἡγη-|σάμενος τὸν
ἄν-|δρα τῆς ἡμ<ῶ>ν | τειμῆς, ὑμεῖν τε συ[ν]-|ήδομαι ἐπὶ τ<ῷ>
ἔχειν | τοιοῦτον πολείτην· | ἔστιν δὲ ἀντίγραφ[α] | τῶν γεγονότων ὑ-|μεῖν
φιλανθρώπων | τὰ ὑπογεγραμμένα | ἃ ὑμᾶς βούλομαι | ἐν τοῖς δημοσίοις
| γράμμασιν ἐντάξα[ι.] | γράμματα Καίσαρος.
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If
you are well it would be good ; I too am in good health, together
with the army. Solon, son of Demetrios, your ambassador, who has taken
the greatest care over the business of your city, has not only been
satisfied by the administrative arrangements that have been made but
has also urged us to send you from the public records these copies of
the edict, the senatus consultum, the treaty and the law that relate
to you. For this I praised him, approved him the more, held him as one
of my acquaintances and gave him the appropriate privileges, thinking
him deserving of honour from us ; and I congratulate you on the
possession of such a citizen. The copies of the privileges that relate
to you are these that are subjoined ; I wish you to register them
among your public records. |
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► Source : Tall narrow block discovered at Aphrodisias, Turkey, in 1705.
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