Σω(?)]κ̣ράτε̣ι στρατηγῶι τῶν ἄνω τόπων
κ̣τ̣ος τοῦ Στράτωνος τῶν τεταγμέν[ων ἐν Ἐλεφαν-]
ἀδικο[ῦμαι ὑπὸ] Ἀνδραγά̣θ̣ο̣υ τοῦ Σωπάτρου α[
ἐν τῆι ἀγορᾶι ἐν το̣ῖ̣ς̣ τεμε[
Ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε Μ[οῦσα πολύτρο-]
πον, ὃς μάλα πολλὰ πλάγχθ[η ἐπεὶ Τροίης]
ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον ἔπερσεν, πολλ̣[ῶν δ’ ἀνθρώ-]
πων ἴδεν ἄστεα ὃν κατὰ θ[υμὸν, πολλὰ]
δ’ ὅ γ’ ἐν πόντῳ πάθεν ἄλ[γεα καὶ νόον]
ἔγνω ἀρνύμενος ἥν τε ψ[υχὴν καὶ νόστον]
ἑταίρ{ωι}ων. ἀλλ’ οὐδ’ ὡς ἑτ[άρους ἐρρύσατο ἱέμεν-]
⟦ος περ αὐτῶ̣ν̣ γὰ⟧ρ σφε̣τ̣έ̣ρ̣[ῃσιν]
Ἑρμιάναξ
Ὀννῶφρις
Ἐ̣νχολ̣μ̣ου
Ζμενκνε̣ῖ̣βις
Τπου̣ι̣ος
Γ̣εβιθίης
Θη̣ι̣βα̣ς
Τε̣λ̣η̣ιος
Πα̣λ̣α̣ί̣μ̣[ων]
Πασ̣τ̣[
Τ̣α̣[
Ος̣
Τα̣[
Σεμ̣[
Α̣ς̣[
Σ[
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"To the general of the upper regions, I am wronged by Andragathus, son of Sopater, in the marketplace among the witnesses. Tell me, O Muse, of the man of many turns, who wandered greatly after he sacked the sacred citadel of Troy, and saw many cities of men, which he visited in his heart, and suffered many pains at sea, knowing how to win back his own life and the return of his companions. But he did not save his companions, for they were lost."