Letter of Antoninus Pius to archontes, b[oule], and
de[mo]s of [Ephesos] in answer to communication of Ephesos to him
about (Publius) Ve[d]ius Ant[o]n[inu]s (III); AD 150; found at
Ephesos: Waddington, Mémoire sur la chronol. 210; Wood, App. 5,
no. 4; GIBM 492; Lafoscade, De epistulis 55; Hüttl 354; *IEph
1492.
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IEph 1492
| 1 | [Αὐ]τοκράτω[ρ Καῖ]σ̣αρ θ[εοῦ] |
| Ἁδριανοῦ υ[ἱ]ός, θ̣εοῦ Τραια[νοῦ] | |
| Π[αρ]θικοῦ [υ]ἱωνός, θεοῦ Ν̣[έρ]- | |
| ουα ἔκγονος Τ[ίτος Αἴλιος Ἁ]δριανὸς | |
| 5 | Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβασ[τός,] ἀ̣ρχιερεὺς |
| μέγιστ[ος, δ]ημαρχικῆ[ς ἐξ]ουσίας τὸ | |
| ιγʹ, αὐτοκ̣ρ̣άτωρ [τ]ὸ [βʹ, ὕπατο]ς τὸ δʹ, | |
| πατὴρ πατρί[δος Ἐφεσίων τοῖς] | |
| ἄρχουσι καὶ τῇ β[ουλῇ καὶ] τῷ δή[μω]ι̣ | |
| 10 | χαί[ρειν·] |
| εἰδότι μοι δηλο[ῦτε τὴν φι]λοτι[μίαν] | |
| ἣν Οὐή[δ]ιος Ἀντ[ω]ν[εῖνο]ς φιλοτιμεῖ- | |
| ται πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ὅ[ς] γε κα[ὶ τὰ]ς̣ παρ’ ἐμοῦ | |
| χάριτας εἰς τὸν [κόσ]μον α[ὐτῆς] τ̣ῆς πόλεως [κα]τέθετο | |
| 16 | [τ]ὸ ψήφισ[μα ἔπ]εμψεν Φλ[—] |
| [․]․τι[․c.5․ ἐπίτρο]π̣ος | |
| [—· εὐτυ]χεῖ[τε.] |