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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
- 2nd–3rd century AD (letter shape)., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- NoEx64.007
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Stele, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
[ ]ΜΗΝΟΙ̣Ι̣[ [Μηνὶ] Ἀξιο̣[τ(τ)ηνῷ?
- Inscription Translation
- “[- - -] Menoitos(?) (dedicated the stele) [to Men] Axio[t(t)enos - - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- B
- Findspot
- Bath-Gymnasium Complex, excavation dump.
- Description
Fragment of a stele of white, poor quality marble. Two lines of an inscription, written in rather “shaky” letters on guidelines, are partly preserved. Toward the upper left corner of the fragment are the remains of an unidentifiable relief.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.16, W. 0.17, Th. 0.05, H. of letters ca. 0.02.
- Comments
1 Perhaps [Ὁ δεῖνα καὶ] Μήνοιτ̣[ος] or [Ὁ δεῖνα] Μηνοίτ̣[ου]. If the restoration of the name Μήνοιτος is correct (attested in Sardis VII 1, no. 116, 4, and on a coin: Johnston in M7, p. 226; in Lyendos: TAM V 1, 13, 10), the T would have stood quite close to the preceding I.
1–2 The restoration Μηνὸς̣/Ἀξιο̣[τ(τ)ηνοῦ], “(Stele) of Men Axiottenos,” is not probable and is palaeographically inadmissible.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP