Smyrna, Honorific decree for an officer of VI Ferrata

[ἡ πόλι]ς Γάϊον Ἰούλιον Ὑ[—]
[φιλο]πάτριδος υἱὸν [—]
[—]τον, ἔπαρχον τεχν[ιτῶν],
[χιλί]αρχον λεγιῶνος ἕ[κτης]
[Σιδ]ηρᾶς, καταλιπόντα χρ[ήματα],
[ἐ]ξ̣ ὧν τό τε πρόπυλον σ̣[ὺν ταῖς]
τειμαῖς καὶ ἡ ἀπ’ ἀνατ[ολῆς]
στοὰ κατεσκευάσ̣[θησαν]·
ἐπιμεληθέντος κατὰ̣ [τὴν]
[δια]θήκην αὐτοῦ Τιβερ̣[ίου]
[Κλαυδ]ίου, Μητροδώρου [υἱοῦ],
[—]ία Μενεκλέο[υς].

The city honors Gaius Julius
son of ..., who loved his country
officer of the military engineers
tribune of the Sixth Legion Ferrata, who left the money
that was used to build this gate
with statues and in the east
a stoa.
This was done, according to
the will, by Tiberius
Claudius Metrodorus
[incomprehensible]

1 CE (circa) – 200 CE (circa)

CIG 3192 (Greek)

Jona Lendering

Paris, Louvre

CC0 1.0 universal

Legio VI Ferrata

Roman Empire

Inscription, Soldier

Turkey