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ROMAN PELOPONNESE I
Remarks: For the name Orcius see Schulze, 364. For the date see P. Charneux, BCH 115, 1991,
322,1.35 (SEG41, 1991,285).
199. ΠΟ(ΠΛΙΟΣ) ΠΑΚΚΙΟΣ ΙΛΑΡΟΣ
W. Vollgraff, Mnemosyne Al, 1919, 166, no. 13; W. Vollgraff, "Fouilles et sondages sur le flanc
oriental de la Larissa à Argos", BCH 82, 1958, 559-560, apographum [cf. SEG 18, 1962, 150])
[2nd c. A.D. ?].
Argos, south of the terrace of Criterion, in the "sanctuary of the Egyptian gods"; a fragment of
a marble plaque bearing a votive inscription for Isis and Sarapis; Hilarus is the dedicator:
Πό(πλιος) Πάκκιος "ΙλαΙρος Ι Εϊσιδι καί ΣαΙράπιδι.
Remarks: For the person see Mitsos, 142. The Isis cult, which is not mentioned by Pausanias,
is attested on the Argive coins from the age of Hadrian and Antoninus Pius, cf. W.H.
Röscher, Ausführliches Lexicon der griechischen und römischen Mythologie
(Hildesheim-New York 1978, repr. of Leipzig 1890-1894) IL 1, 390.
ΠΑΣΙΧΑΡΕΙΑ: see (Μεμμία) Πασιχάρεια (ARG 189)
200. ΠΩΛΛΑ
IG IV 646 (Mitsos, 158) [lst/2nd c. A.D.].
Argos; a girl's gravestone decorated with a pediment and acroteria and bearing a relief which
depicts a seated girl: Πώλλα Ι χαίρε.
Remarks: Instead of the Greek letter Ρ, χαίρε is written with the Latin letter R.
201. ΠΩΛΛΑ
IG IV 622 [Iste. A.D.].
Argos, built into a wall of the church of D. Basilii; a gravestone bearing the funerary epigram
of Polla.
202. ΠΑΥΛΟΣ
IG IV 663; Ο. Masson, in: Serta Indogermanica: Festschrift G. Neumann (Innsbruck 1982) 173,
no. 3 (SEG 32, 1982,375).
Argos; Christian gravestone of Paulus and his wife Onesime: [Κοιμ]ητή[ρ]ιον Παύλου Ι ένλυ-
χνιόά κ(αί) τής γαΐμετής αύτοϋ Όνησίμης.
ένλυχνιόάς
Remarks: Ο. Masson publishes the full text of the inscription based on the observations of P.
Charneux, who added a new fragment, and defines the occupation of Paulus as that
of a maker and seller of lamp wicks. According to Feissel, T&MByz 9, 1985, 369,
no. 110 he is "...un marchand de mèches de lampe".
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