The Archaeological Exploration of Sardis

Inscribed Cinerarium Lid Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Inscribed Cinerarium Lid Fragment: Funerary Inscription

Date

1st century BC–1st century AD., Hellenistic or Roman

Sardis or Museum Inv. No.

IN67.008

Material

Marble, Stone

Object Type

Cinerarium Lid, Inscription

Inscription Type

Funerary Inscription

Inscription language

Greek

Inscription Text

		Ἐπὶ σ̣[τεφανηφόρου ? Ἀπολλω]-
		νίου το[ῦ 		       ]
		μη(νὸς) Γορπ[ιαίου	       ]
		-     -     -     -     -     -     -     -

Inscription Translation

“In the year when the [stephanephoros Apollo]nios, son of [- - - held office], in the month Gorpiaios [- - -].”

Inscription Comment

Site

Sardis

Sector

Trench

BS 67

Locus

BS Locus BS-E 4 (Area of)

B-Grid Coordinates

E28 - E38 / S0 - S4 *97.50 - 97.00

Findspot

Byzantine Shop.

Description

Fragment of the left portion of a cinerarium lid of marble; broken on all other sides.

Dimensions

H. 0.12, W. 0.13, Th. 0.05, H. of letters ca. 0.013.

Comments

Herrmann’s text and restorations.

Herrmann notes that the description of the stone as a fragment of a dedication “Meni . . . otto” (Hanfmann) is wrong.

1 σ̣[τεφανηφόρου ?]: only the lower horizontal stroke of the Σ is preserved.

See Also

Bibliography

Mentioned by G. M. A. Hanfmann, SPRT, pp. 271–72 n. 82; text Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.

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