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Inscribed Boundary Stele for Sanctuary of Artemis? (From Malay, New Religious Texts, no. 21.)
Inscribed Boundary Stele for Sanctuary of Artemis?
- Date
- 2nd–1st century BC?, Hellenistic
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- Manisa (M14 No. 432)
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Stele, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Boundary Stone
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Ὅρος ἱερὸς {ἱε- ρὸς} Ἀρτέμιδος ὁ τεθεὶς κα̣τ̣ὰ τὸν 4 γενόμενον περιο- ρισ̣μὸν ὑπὸ Μοσχί̣- ωνος καὶ Ἴλ̣ο[υ] καὶ̣ Ποτάμ̣ωνος καὶ Ἴλ[ο]- 8 υ̣ στρατη̣γῶν.- Inscription Translation
- “Sacred boundary stone (of land) of Artemis which has been set up according to the description (of the boundaries) made by Moschion and Ilos and Potamon and Ilos, (the) strategoi.”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- İğdecik Kalesi
- Findspot
- Present whereabouts unknown.
- Description
Partly broken and damaged stele of local stone.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.78, W. 0.40, Th. 0.16, H. of letters 0.02–0.035.
- Comments
The editors, whose detailed commentary is here referred to, assume that the goddess mentioned in l. 2 was Artemis of Sardis rather than the one worshiped in Maionia. If this is correct, the ὅρος belonged to a fairly distant sacred domain.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Malay and Petzl, New Religious Texts, no. 21.
- Author
- GP