Dedication in Latin and Greek by freedman Helikon, in
honor of escape of Augusti Septimius Severus and Caracalla,
Caesar Geta, and Iulia (Domna) Augusta from assassination
attempt; AD 205; found at Ephesos?: CIG 2971; CIL III 427; ILS
430; G. Murphy, Reign of Septimius Severus 39; *IEph 296.
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IEph 296
| 1 | quod evidenti in[lustrique provi]- |
| dentia domini n[ostri Severus et] | |
| Antoninus Pii Au[gusti et Geta] | |
| [Caesar] cum [Iulia Aug(usta) ubivis spes] | |
| 5 | parricidales insid[iatorum sustulerunt,] |
| Helico libertus eorum [—] | |
| donum [posuit] | |
| [ὅτ]ι δ[ιὰ τῆς ἑαυτῶν προνοίας τῆς] | |
| ἐναργεστάτης ἐπιφ[ανεστάτης τε οἱ κύριοι] | |
| 10 | ἡμῶν Σεουῆρος καὶ Ἀν[τωνεῖνος οἱ εὐσεβέσ]- |
| τατοι τῶν αὐτοκρατόρων [καὶ Γέτας Καῖσαρ σὺν] | |
| Ἰουλίᾳ Σεβαστῇ παντα[χοῦ — τὰς] | |
| [ἐλπί]δας τῶν ἀνοσίων [ἐπιβουλευτῶν ἠφάνισαν, Ἑλί]- | |
| <κ>ων ἀπελεύθερος αὐ[τῶν — ἀνέθηκεν.] |