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Inscribed Stele Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Stele Fragment: Votive Dedication to Men Axiottenos, by Valerianus
- Date
- Year 320 Sullan era = 235/36 AD (Actian era = 289/90 AD)., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN67.004
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Stele, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Μηνὶ Ἀξιοττηνῷ Βαλε[ρια]- νὸς εὐξάμενος εὐχ[ὴν] μετὰ τῆς συνβίου καὶ τ̣[ῶν] 4 παιδίων εὐλογῶν ἀνέ[στη]- σεν· ἔτους τκ´, μη(νὸς) Δείου [ . ].
- Inscription Translation
- “Valerianus, after having made a vow, erected (the stele) for Men Axiottenos as an ex-voto praising the god together with his wife and their children. In the year 320, on the [xth] day of the month Dios.”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- BS
- Trench
- BS 67
- Locus
- BS Locus BS-E 4 (Area of)
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E32.80 / S1.10 *97.20
- Findspot
- Byzantine Shop E4.
- Description
Fragment of a stele of white marble; upper and right parts are broken off.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.34, W. 0.40, Th. 0.055, H. of letters 0.02.
- Comments
4 εὐλογῶν: see Petzl, Beichtinschriften, p. xv, with n. 40.
5 ἔτους τκ´: probably according to the Sullan rather than the Actian era; cf. no. 461, 10 comm.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Mentioned in BASOR 191 (1968), p. 41 and SPRT, pp. 133, 271 n. 82; text Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP