Funerary inscription by Salvius Semnos for self and family, with penalty for unauthorized burial; imperial; found at Smyrna: Fontrier, Mous. III 1-2, 1878-1880, 176, no. 360; *ISmyrna 214 + II 2 p. 371.  
[ ] ISmyrn 214 + II2 p. 371
1 Σάλβ̣ιος Σεμνὸς τὸ μνημεῖον
ἠγόρασεν καθαρὸν ἀπὸ πτω-
μάτων ἑαυτῷ καὶ τῇ συμβίῳ
Σοφῇ καὶ τέκνοις καὶ ἐγγόνοις
5 καὶ θρέμμασι· μηδενὸς ἔ[χ]ο̣ντος
ἑτέ[ρο]υ ἐξουσίαν πτῶμα ἀλλό-
τριον εἰσενενκ̣εῖν εἰς τὸ μνημεῖ-
ον ἢ ἀπαλλοτριῶσαι.  ἐὰν δέ τις
τολμήσει πωλῆσαι τὸ μνημεῖον
10 ἢ ἕτερον πτῶμα θεῖναι, ἀποδώσει
[—]? Ὁμηρείῳ [γε]ρ̣ο̣υ̣σ̣ί̣ᾳ̣ 𐆖̣ ͵β̣φ̣ʹ.  [—]
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