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Inscribed Stele (Courtesy of H. Malay)
Inscribed Stele: Decree Honoring Menophantos, Priest of Zeus
- Date
- Hellenistic
- Museum
- Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum
- Museum Inventory No.
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- Manisa (M14 No. 303)
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Stele, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Decree or Other Decision
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Ἔδοξεν τῷ κοινῶι· Ἐπεὶ Μηνόφαντος Μηνογέ- νους ὁ ἱερεὺς τοῦ Διὸς πολλὰ̣ 4 [κ]α̣ὶ μεγάλα παρεσχημένος [ ] ἐ̣κ̣ τοῦ ἰδίου βίου φα- [νερός ἐστι (?) - - ] Μ̣Ο̣ΥΣ [ ]Π̣Ο 8 [ ] vacat ?
- Inscription Translation
- “Resolution of the koinon: As [it is apparent] that Menophantos, son of Menogenes, the priest of Zeus, has done numerous and significant services out of his own means [ - - - ].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Ahmetli
- Findspot
- From Ahmetli.
- Description
Stele of white marble, broken above and below. Above the inscription a relief depicts an olive wreath in a quadrangular recess. Lines 1–3 are better preserved than the following ones.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.56, W. 0.47, Th. 0.085, H. of letters 0.017.
- Comments
1 τῷ κοινῶι: inconsistent usage of iota adscriptum.
2–3 Mηνόφαντος Mηνογένους: probably identical with the honoree of no. 324b; cf. no. 588,b1–3 (first century BC–first century AD?): Ἐπὶ στεφανηφόρου Mηνογένης Mηνοφάντου Ἀλέξανδρος.
5 παρεσχημένος / [τῇ πατρίδι?] Malay; [τῶι θεῶι?] (perhaps too short); cf., e.g., no. 348, 10–11, a priestess τὰ ἔ[θι]μα…παρασχομένην τῇ θεῷ.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished; copied, read, and photographed by H. Malay.
- Author
- GP