Base of marble; broken above (only a small part of the original upper surface is preserved) and partly below.

2–4 and 10–11 On persons officiating simultaneously as archiereis, asiarchai/archiereiai of the provincial imperial cult and as (arch)iereis/(arch)iereiai of the thirteen cities of the Ionian League see P. Herrmann, “Das κοινὸν τῶν Ἰώνων unter römischer Herrschaft” (in Widerstand, Anpassung, Integration. Die griechische Staatenwelt und Rom, ed. N. Ehrhardt and L. M. Günther [2002], pp. 223–40 = Herrmann, Ausgew. Schriften, pp. 685–702), pp. 229–30 (pp. 691–92), and pp. 235–38 (pp. 698–701). He deals with the noteworthy connection of Sardian officials with the Ionian League: Sardis VII 1, nos. 47 (Lucius Iulius Libonianus, ἀρχιερέα τῆς Ἀσίας ναῶν τῶν ἐν Λυδίᾳ Σαρδιανῶν…ἀρχιερέα τῶν τρισ(καίδεκα) πόλεων… [reign of Hadrian, see no. 397, 5 comm.]) and 48 (fragmentary). Furthermore, Herrmann refers to coins of the κοινὸν γι´πόλεων (after 141 AD) with the mention προνο(ηθέντος) Μ. Κλ(αυδίου) Φρόντωνος ἀσιάρχου καὶ ἀρχιερέως γι´πόλεων: M. Claudius Fronto originated from Sardis (SNG Aulock 8, no. 3154), and a group of these coins is typologically linked with Sardis. The thirteen cities are also mentioned in nos. 352, col. II, 4–6; 379, 8–9; and 384384, 4–5.

3–4 ἀρχιέρειαν τῶν τρισκαίδεκα πόλεων: For high-priestesses of the thirteen cities of the Ionian League see Milet I, 7, no. 264, 5–6 (τ[ῶν] Σεβα[στ]ῶν ἀρχιερα/τεύσ[α]σαν κ[αὶ τῶ]ν Ἰώνων, second–third century) and I.Didyma, no. 356, 6–8 (ἠρχι[ερα]/τευκυίας τῆς τρισκαιδε[καπό]/λιδος τῶν Ἰώνων, second century).

4 Ligature ΦΑΝΗ

5–6 The following note is owed to D. Campanile (per litt.): θυγατέραν Ἰουλίου Μηνογένους: The honoree was thus a “Iulia,” perhaps bearing the cognomen Menogenis? Cf. Sardis VII 1, no. 17, 20: Αὐρηλία Ἰουλία Μηνο[- ]. “Iulius Menogenes potrebbe essere parente/discendente di quel Menogenes [viz. the honoree of Sardis VII 1, no. 8]. Notare che a Roma Menogenes parlò in qualità di ekdikos d’Asia (cioè del koinòn d’Asia). Ekdikos d’Asia è appunto il figlio dell’onorata, Iulius Machairion.”

5 and 21 θυγατέραν, πατρίδαν: The heteroclitic accusatives instead of θυγατέρα, πατρίδα are noteworthy in an official document.

6–8 The cinerarium of the first half of the first century AD, no. 591 (see the commentary on ll. 1–2), is dated ἐπὶ στεφανηφόρου Μηνογένου τοῦ Δημητρίου νομοθέτου. Both father and son (with his full name Tiberius Iulius Menogenes) are mentioned in an inscription from Didyma (I.Didyma, no. 148) where the latter may have officiated in a provinicial function. Is he identical with the honoranda’s father “Iulius Menogenes,” who was twice provincial high-priest and twice stephanephoros of Sardis?

8 ΓΥΝ v ΑΙ: the stone.

9–12 The honoranda’s husband Iulius Machairion was provincial high-priest (9–10): τοῦ / [ἀρ]χιερέως τῆς Ἀσίας (although the text does not say so, he probably officiated twice since his wife was “twice high-priestess” [l. 2]). In the inscription TAM V 1, 544 (early first century AD) the citizens of Maionia honor Γάιον Ἰούλι/[ον Μαχαιρί]ωνος υἱὸν / [ tribus?] Μαχαιρίω/[να τὸν ἀ]ρχιερῆ (probably high-priest of the local imperial cult) καὶ / [στεφανη]φόρον (of Maionia); for the combination of imperial high-priesthood and stephanephoria, see M. Wörrle, Chiron 22 (1992), p. 356, with n. 85. Whether the present Iulius Machairion is related to the Maionian archiereus and stephanephoros remains uncertain. An outstanding Sardian benefactor, probably in the first century AD, was Gaius Iulius Quadratus Machairion, see nos. 339, 340, and 341. Considering that Machairion is a relatively rare name, one can perhaps reckon with a relationship to the family of the present inscription.

10–11 and 17 ἀρχιερέ/ω̣ς τῆς τρισκαιδεκαπόλεω‹ς› (-ΩΝ the stone; correct in l. 17): for the latter noun see I.Didyma, no. 356, 7 quoted on ll. 3–4, where the genitive τρισκαιδε[καπό]/λιδος follows the declension of dental stems.

12 ἀγωνο{ς}θέτου: another slip of the mason; correct in l. 16.

14 ἐκδίκου τῆς Ἀσίας: see Sardis VII 1, p. 27, no. 8 comm.; and Magie, Roman Rule I, p. 449; II, p. 1298 n. 60.

18 Πολιέως Διός: see nos. 349, 6; 384, 9; 441, 2; 592, 5, and the index of Sardis VII 1.

20 εὐεργετήσασα instead of -σαν: the reason may be phonetical or an inadvertent shift from accusative to nominative.

21 πατρίδαν: see above on ll. 5 and 21.

21–23 cf. Sardis VII 1, no. 47, 7–10: ἐνδείας δὲ γενομένης κατὰ τὸν δῆμον μεγαλοψυχίᾳ χρησάμενος ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων εἰς ἐπικουφισμὸν ἑκάστῳ πολίτῃ ἐχαρίσατο μόδιον; and, e.g., SEG 1, 276, 5 (Lete, Macedonia, 121/22 AD): …εὐεργέτην, ἔν τε σειτενδείαις πλειστάκις παραπεπρακότα πολὺ τῆς οὔσης τειμῆς εὐωνότερον, καὶ ταῖς…τῶν στρατευμάτων διοδείαις παρασχόντα εἰς τὰς ἀννώνας σείτου μεδ. υ´, κριθῶν μεδ. ρ´, κυάμου μεδ. ξ´, οἴνου μετρητὰς ρ´, πολὺ τῆς οὔσης τειμῆς εὐωνότερον…; MAMA VII, 11 (Laodicea Combusta) …εὐώνῳ τειμῇ τὰ σεῖτα μετρήσαντα ἐνδείας οὔσης… In Lagina some corporations honor the agoranomos Hermias because, inter alia, …πλεῖστα ἐπευωνίσαντα τὴν [ἀγ]ορὰν ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων (IGSK 22, 1, no. 524, 11–13): “Hermias avait fait des ventes à bas prix à ses frais” (L. Robert, Et. anat., pp. 546–48, quotation: p. 547; cf. ibid., pp. 343–50; see also P. Herrmann’s references on TAM V 2, 942, 13–14). The present text refers to a comparable situation: after the general mention of the honoree’s many benefactions toward Sardis, her munificence consisting of sales of food at a reduced price and even free gifts is particularly stressed. On paraprasis see A. Zuiderhoek, “No free lunches: paraprasis in the Greek cities of the Roman East,” HSCP 107 (2013), pp. 297–321.

24–25 ἀνα[θ]ε̣ί̣σσης, with gemination, instead of -[θ]είσης. - Τμωλί̣δος φυλῆς: for the phyle Tmolis see no. 612, 4 comm.

25–28 ἐπιμεληθέντος instead of ἐπιμεληθέντων.

28 For the restoration of the name [Πρ]όσοχος, see H. Stephanus, TLG VI, col. 1977 s.v. Πρόσοχος, ὁ, ἡ: Intentus, Attentus, Solers (from glossography).