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Inscribed Stele with Relief (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Inscription (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Stele with Relief: Monument for Nympheros, a gladiator
- Date
- “2nd century AD” (Hanfmann and Ramage)., Roman
- Museum
- Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, inv. no. 3938
- Museum Inventory No.
- inv. no. 3938
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- NoEx69.017
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Inscribed Monument for a Gladiator
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Sculpture Type
- Stele
- Inscription Text
Νυμφέρως
- Inscription Translation
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- PC
- Findspot
- Pactolus Cliff.
- Description
Stele of white marble, with semicircular top. The relief shows a nude athlete (a gladiator?), who holds a weight(?) in his right hand and a javelin in his left. Additional objects represented include a hoe and a pair of cylinders held suspended by a strap. Under his right hand stands a nude child. The inscription is below the relief.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.95, W. 0.52, Th. 0.11, H. of letters 0.035.
- Comments
The name Nympheros is attested for gladiators; see L. Robert, Gladiateurs, nos. 191a, 300, 302, and p. 301; also SEG 38, 589.
- See Also
- See also: R2, No. 143.
- Bibliography
- Malay, Manisa Museum, p. 98, no. 304 (no text); G. M. A. Hanfmann and N. Ramage, R2, p. 119, no. 143, with further references, fig. 282.
- Author
- GP