First Berenice Inscription

In the year [?]‌ 3, on the 5th of Phamenoth, in the archonship of Arimmas son of . . . , Dorion son of Ptolemaios, Zelaios son of Gnaius, Ariston son of Araxa . . . , Sarapion son of Andromachos, Nikias son of . . . , . . . son of Simon. Whereas Dec[i]mus Valerius Dionysios son of Gaius . . . remains a noble and good man in word and deed . . . , doing whatever good he can, both in a public capacity and as a private individual, to each one of the citizens, and in particular plastering the floor of the amphitheater and painting its walls, the archons and the politeuma of the Jews at Berenice resolved to register him in the . . . of the . . . and [resolved] that he be exempted from liturgies of every kind; and likewise [they resolved] to crown him with an olive wreath and a woolen fillet, mentioning his name at each assembly and at the New Moon. After engraving this resolution on a stele of Parian marble the archons are to set it in the most visible place in the amphitheater.

All [the stones cast were] white [i.e., the decision was unanimous]. Dec[i]‌mus Valerius Dionysios son of Gaius plastered the floor of the amphitheater and painted [its walls] at his own expense as a contribution to the politeuma.