| Reverse inscription |
ΕΠ ϹΤΡΑ ΟΝΗϹΙΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΠΟΛ ΤΟ Β ΑΚΡΑϹΙΩΤΩΝ |
| Edition |
ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Ὀνησιφόρου Ἀπολλωνίου τὸ βʹ Ἀκρασιωτῶν
ἐπ(ὶ) στρα(τηγοῦ) Ὀνησιφόρου Ἀπολ(λωνίου) τὸ βʹ Ἀκρασιωτῶν
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| Translation |
under strategos Onesiphoros, son of Apollonios for the second time, of the Acrasians |
| Reverse design |
Amphion stanidng, right, and Zethus staning, left, both wearing a shared cloak, Amphion holding a rope and grasping Dirce by the hair to tie her to the bull, Zethus using both hands to hold the bull |
| Note |
On this reverse type and the sculpture group of Toro Farnese, see H. C. von Mosch, Dirke, Thyiaden und der thebanische Dionysos. Zu den Dirkegruppen zwischen Rom und Kleinasien', NAC 34 (2005), pp. 141–80, esp. 169, no. 2.
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