Epitaph of Metras (Metrodoros) and his son Demetrios.  Rectangular marble stele, in two joining pieces; two wreaths between lines 1 and 2 of the inscription.
[ ] Lydia, N.E. — Prov. unkn. [Ant. Mkt.] — 93/94 AD? — EA 39 (2006) 93, 10
1 ἔτους ροηʹ, μη(νὸς) Δείου κʹ·
Μελιτίνη Δημητρίου Σαρδι-
ανὴ καὶ Μητρᾶς Μητροδώ-
ρου ὁ υἱὸς αὐτῆς κατεσκε[ύ]-
5 ασαν τὸ μνημεῖον, [Με]λι-
τίνη μὲν Μητρᾷ τῷ ἑαυτῆς
ἀνδρὶ γεγενημένῳ ἱερεῖ
τοῦ Διὸς Δριττου διὰ γένους
καὶ Δημητρίῳ τῷ υἱῷ, Μητρᾶς
10 δὲ τῷ πατρὶ καὶ τῷ ἀδελφῷ,
Μενεκρατίων καὶ Ἀπφιὰς καὶ
Στρατονείκη τῷ πατρὶ καὶ τῷ
ἀδελφῷ, Ἑρμογένης τῷ μήτρ-
ως, Ἑόρτιλλα τῷ ὑκερῷ καὶ τῷ δα-
15 έρι, Σεκοῦνδα καὶ Δημήτριος καὶ
Ὀνήσιμος τῷ θρέψαντι· χαῖρε.
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