Cyrene, Inscription with the will of Ptolemy VIII Physcon

Description	Cyrene, Inscription with the will of Ptolemy VIII Physcon
Details	Ἔτους πεντεκαιδεκάτου, μηνὸς Λώιου. Ἀγαθῆι Τύχηι. Τάδε διέθετο βασιλεὺς Πτολεμαῖος βασιλέως Πτολεμαίου καὶ βασιλίσσης Κλεοπάτρας, θεῶν Ἐπιφανῶν, ὁ νεώτερος, ὧν καὶ τὰ ἀντίγραφα εἰς Ῥώμην ἐξαπέσταλται. Εἴη μέν μοι μετὰ τῆς τῶν θεῶν εὐμενείας μετελθεῖν καταξίως τοὺς συστησαμένους ἐπὶ μὲν τὴν ἀνόσιον ἐπιβουλὴν καὶ προελομένους μὴ μόνον In the fifteenth year, in the month of Loios.^note[March 155.] With good fortune. This is the king Ptolemy [VIII Physcon] the younger, son of king Ptolemy [V Epiphanes] and queen Cleopatra [I Syra], gods manifest, a copy of which has been sent to Rome. May I with the favor of the gods exact vengeance from those who hatched against me this impious plot and decided to deprive me not only of my kingdom but even... (more)
Date	155 BCE
Inscriptionnr	IGCyr011200 (Greek)
Creator	Jona Lendering
Museum	Cyrene, Archaeological Museum
Licence	CC0 1.0 Universal
Linked	Cyrene, The Will of Ptolemy VIII Physcon
Categories	Hellenistic, Roman Republic
Tags	Inscription, Source

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