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OGIS: 153


CRETAN SOLDIERS HONOUR SELEUKOS, GOVERNOR OF CYPRUS

Greek text:   Salamine_13.76
Date:   142-131 B.C.
Format:   see key to translations

This inscription was found near Salamis in Cyprus.


This statue of Seleukos, the kinsman of the king, [the general] and admiral and chief priest, was dedicated by the association of the Cretans stationed in the island, [on account of] his virtue [and his goodwill towards] king Ptolemaios and queen [Kleopatra the sister] and queen Kleopatra the wife, [the gods Euergetai], and their children, and his [kindness] towards the Cretan nation.

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