Honorific inscription for the proconsul M. Valerius Messala Potitus. Base of yellowish, porous marble.
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Kos Isl. — Kos — 21-19 BC — Chiron 38 (2008) 228, 31 — AnnÉp (2008) 1324 — SEG 58.860
| 1 | [ὁ δᾶ]μος ἐτίμασε Μᾶρκον |
| [Οὐα]λέριον Μεσσάλαν Ποτῖτ̣[ον] | |
| [ἀν]θύπατον, τὸν ἑαυτοῦ πάτρω[να] | |
| [κ]αὶ εὐεργέταν διὰ προγόνω[ν], | |
| 5 | [ἀ]ρετᾶς ἕνεκα καὶ εὐνοίας [τᾶς] |
| ἐς αὑτόν. |