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Inscribed Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Fragment (Cinerarium lid?): Hellenistic Funerary Inscription
- Date
- 138–133 BC., Hellenistic
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- NoEx72.015
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Cinerarium Lid, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Funerary Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
[Β]ασιλεύοντ̣[ος Ἀττάλου Φιλο]- μήτορος ἔτ̣[ους - - , μηνὸς] Γορπιαίου̣ [ ] 4 τοῦ Δ̣ . [ ]
- Inscription Translation
- “In the [xth] year of the reign of King [Attalos] Philometor, [on the xth day of the month] Gorpiaios [- - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Description
Fragment, probably of a convex cinerarium lid of white marble; only a part of the left edge, with a notch, is preserved.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.17, W. 0.21, max. Th. 0.065, H. of letters 0.01–0.015.
- Comments
1–2 The inscription is dated to one of the years from 138–133 BC when Attalos III Philometor was king of the Pergamene realm. This seems to be the only instance of a funerary chest that is not dated after the stephanephoros until 133 (see no. 593, 1–2 comm., and Sardis VII 1, nos. 21 and 93 comm.).
4 Perhaps τοῦ Δι̣[ο- ].
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP