Dedication to Zeus Soter and Athena Nikephoros in behalf of Ptolemy IX Soter II and his children.  Cylindrical altar of gray limestone.
[ ] Kypros — Kition (Larnaka) — late 2nd c. BC — ArchPap 13 (1939) 34, 16
1 [Διὶ] Σωτῆρι καὶ Ἀθηνᾶι Νικηφόρωι
[ὑπ]ὲρ βασιλέως Πτολεμαίου θεοῦ
[Σω]τῆρος καὶ τῶν τέκνων αὐτοῦ οἱ ἐν Κιτίωι
[τα]σσόμενοι πρῶτοι φίλοι καὶ ἀρχισωματο-
5 [φύ]λακες καὶ ἡγεμόνες ἐπ’ ἀνδρῶν
[καὶ] περὶ τὸ σῶμα μαχαιροφόροι.
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