Letter of Antoninus Pius to [archontes] and boule [of
Ephesos] concerning titles of [Ephesos, Pergamon, and Smyrna]; AD
140/144; found at Ephesos, text identical with Ephesos 195 and
197: *IEph 1489A.
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IEph 1489A
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| [Ἐφεσίων τοῖς ἄρχουσιν καὶ τ]ῇ βουλῇ κα̣ὶ̣ | |
| [τῷ δήμῳ χα]ίρειν· | |
| [Περγαμηνοὺς ἀπε]δεξάμην ἐν τοῖς | |
| [πρὸς ὑμᾶς γράμμ]ασιν χρησαμένους | |
| 5 | [τοῖς ὀνόμασιν οἷς] ἐγὼ χρῆσθαι τὴν |
| [πόλιν τὴν ὑμετέρα]ν ἀπεφηνάμην· | |
| [οἶμαι δὲ καὶ Σμυρναί]ους κατὰ τύχην | |
| [παραλελοιπέναι ταῦτ]α ἐν τῷ περὶ τῆς | |
| [συνθυσίας ψηφίσματι, το]ῦ λοιποῦ δὲ ἑκόν- | |
| 10 | [τας εὐγνωμονήσειν, ἐὰν καὶ ὑμ]εῖς ἐν τοῖς πρὸς |
| [αὐτοὺς γράμμασιν ὃν προσ[ήκει τρό- | |
| [πον καὶ κέκριται τῆς πόλεως αὐτῶ]ν φαίνησ- | |
| [θε μεμνημένοι] |