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Inscribed Stele Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Stele Fragment: Dedication to Men Axiottenos?
- Date
- Probably 154/55 or 254/55 AD (see l. 1 comm.)., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN72.010
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Stele, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
[Ἔτους .]λθ´, μη(νὸς) Αὐ̣[δναίου ..] [Μηνὶ] Ἀ̣ξ̣ι̣ο̣[ττηνῷ(?) - - - ]
- Inscription Translation
- “[In the year -]39, on the [xth day] of the month Au[dnaios: for Men] Axio[ttenos? - - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- B
- Trench
- Syn W 72
- Locus
- B BE-A
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E11.80 / N23 *96.97
- Findspot
- Bath-Gymnasium Complex.
- Description
Fragment of a stele of white marble; broken on all sides. Above the inscription are the remains of a crescent.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.13, W. 0.13, Th. 0.07, H. of letters 0.016–0.02.
- Comments
Herrmann’s supplements.
1 Herrmann considers the alternatives [ἔτους σ]λθ´ (year 239) or [ἔτους τ]λθ´ (year 339) which would correspond, according to the Sullan era, to 154/55 or 254/55 AD; see no. 461, 10 comm.
2 Ἀ̣ξ̣ι̣ο̣[ττηνῷ(?)]: Herrmann remarks that only the uppermost parts of the letters are preserved.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP