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Inscribed Stele Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Stele Fragment: Votive Dedication to Men Ouranios, by Stratonik[ ]
- Date
- 2nd–3rd century AD(?)., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN67.002
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Stele, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Μηνὶ Οὐρανί[ῳ ] Στρατονεικ[- εὐξαμεν- ] [κα]ὶ ἐπιτυχο̣[ ] 4 [ ] ἀνέθ̣[ηκεν ]
- Inscription Translation
- “For Men Ouranios [- - -] Stratonik[- , after having made a vow and] after having obtained (what she/he was asking for), dedicated (this stele) [- - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- E Road
- Trench
- Syn 67
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E137 / N11.3 ca. *98.50
- Findspot
- East Road.
- Description
Fragment of a stele of white marble; broken on all sides, except perhaps for a small portion of the original edge on the left. The inscribed surface is badly worn.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.15, W. 0.18, Th. 0.025–0.035, H. of letters 0.015.
- Comments
Herrmann’s supplements.
1 For the “Heavenly” Men (ligature MHNI), see Lane, CMRDM III, p. 76; TAM V 1, 75 and 349; Petzl, Beichtinschriften, no. 55, 1–5 comm.; H. Malay, EpAnat 36 (2003), p. 15 on SEG 53, 1344, 2–3; and Herrmann and Malay, New Documents, nos. 51, 55, and 83.
3 Either ἐπιτυχώ̣[ν] or ἐπιτυχο̣[ῦσα].
Herrmann considers something like Μηνὶ Οὐρανί[ῳ (name) ] Στρατονείκ[ου εὐξάμενος/-μένη κα]ὶ ἐπιτυχὼ̣[ν (-χο̣[ῦσα]) - - ] ἀνέθ̣[ηκεν], comparing no. 464 and TAM V 1, 455.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished; mentioned in SPRT, pp. 133, 271 n. 82. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP