Letter of Valerian and Gallienus. (Joyce M. Reynolds). Da Charlotte Rueché, Aphrodiasias in Late antiquity

APHRODISIAS, AD 257

a
vac. Ἀγαθῇ star [ Τύχῃ vac.]
Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσ[αρ Πούβλιος]
Λικίννιος Οὐαλ[ηριανὸς Εὐσεβὴς ]
vac. Εὐτυχὴς [ Σεβαστὸς ?vac. καὶ]
5 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖ[σαρ Πούβλιος]
Λικίννιος Γα[λλιῆνος ?vac.]
Εὐσεβὴς Ε[ὐτυχὴς Σεβαστὸς ]
v. Φλαουίῳ [… c. 9 … χαίρειν ]
καὶ αὐτοὺς τ[οὺς … c. 16 …με]-
10 θα χρῆναι τ[… c. 22 …]-
αις stop ταῖς [… c. 24 …]-
ρύνειν [… c. 25 …]
καὶ τὸ οτ[… c. 25 …]
ἐστιν τ[… c. 25 …]
15 δελυμ[… c. 26 …]
πᾶσιν [… c. 25 …ἐ]-
πειδὴ [… c. 20 …Ἀφροδι]-
σιεῖς υ[… c. 25 …]
νων[… c. 28 …]
20 καὶ [… c. 28 …]
ρασ[… c. 28 …]
λου[… c. 28 …]
τ[… c. 30 …]
[…]
b
[…]
[… c. 4 …]φεξοι[… c. 22 …]
[… c. 3 …]ς αὐτοῖς επισ[… c. 28 …]
[..]είαν ἐξηγουμεν[… c. 16 …]
πάλαι δέδοκται κα[… c. 15 …]
5 vac. scroll ἔρρωσο [ scroll ] vac.
πρὸ θ´ καλ(άνδων) Σεπτεμβρίων Ἀγρι]ππείνῃ

Translation

a. With good [fortune]. Imperator Caes[ar Publius] Licinius Val[erianus Pius] Felix [Augustus and] Imperator Cae[sar Publius] Licinius Ga[llienus] Pius F[elix Augustus] to Flavius […], [greetings]. We [?think that] the [?Aphrodisians] themselves too ought [to …] and to the […] is […] to all […] since [… ?the Aphrodi]sians […] and […]

b. […] to them a le[?tter …] ?explaining […] it was decided in the past […].  Farewell. Given on 23rd August in Cologne .