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Inscribed Stele (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Stele: Votive Dedication to Artemis Anaeitis and Men Tiamou, by Antonios?, son of Philostratos
- Date
- 2nd–3rd century AD?, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN64.058
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Stele, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Ἀρτέμιδι Ἀναειτι [καὶ] Μηνὶ Τιαμου Ἀντώ[νιος ?] Φιλοστράτου ὑπὲρ [Γλυ]- 4 κωνίδος τῆς συνβ[ίου] εὐχήν.
- Inscription Translation
- “Anto[nios?], son of Philostratos, (dedicated the stele) to Artemis Anaeitis and Men Tiamou as ex-voto for his wife Glykonis.”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- E Road
- Trench
- Syn 64
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E130 - E135 / N6.9 *96.40
- Findspot
- East Road.
- Description
Stele of white marble; broken on all sides except for the left edge. The inscribed surface is badly worn.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.26, W. 0.30, Th. 0.045, H. of letters 0.015.
- Comments
1–2 For the sanctuary of Artemis Ana(e)itis and Men Tiamou in Asar near Görnevit (now Esenyazı), see the references in the lemma of Petzl, Beichtinschriften, no. 68; and id., EpAnat 30 (1998), p. 19, n. 2, and pp. 23–25, nos. 2–5 comm.; also Malay and Petzl, New Religious Texts, pp. 69–115.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished; mentioned in BASOR 177 (1965), p. 19, with n. 3. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP