Honorific inscription for Krokos, a governor of Cyprus.  Large statue base of hard, blue limestone.
[ ] Kypros — Nea Paphos (Kato Pafos) — Ktima — shortly after 127 BC — JHS 57 (1937) 36, 11 — OpAth 1 (1953) 157, 26
1 [Κρόκον, τὸν συγγενῆ τοῦ] βασ<ι>λέως καὶ ναύαρχον
[καὶ ἐπιστάτην καὶ στρατη]γὸν αὐτοκράτορα καὶ ἀρχιερέα
[τῆς νήσου, τὸ κοινὸν τ]ῶν ἐν τῆι νήσωι τασ<σ>ομένων
[(e.g.) Λυκίων, ἀρετῆς ἕνεκα κα]ὶ εὐνοίας ἧς ἔχων διατελεῖ
5 [εἴς τε βασιλέα Πτολεμαῖον] καὶ βασίλισσαν Κλεοπάτραν
[τὴν γυναῖκα, θεοὺς Εὐεργέτας, καὶ] τὰ τέκνα καὶ τῆς εἰς ἑαυτὸ εὐερ-
[γεσίας].
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