Inscribed Cinerarium with roof-shaped lid: Funerary Inscription for Alexandros, son of Alexandros, grandson of Apollonios

Date
Between 129 and 27 BC., Hellenistic
Museum
Manisa Museum , 6504
Museum Inventory No.
6504
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
Manisa 6504
Material
Marble, Stone
Object Type
Cinerarium Lid, Inscription
Inscription Type
Funerary Inscription
Inscription language
Greek
Inscription Text
		Ἐπὶ ἱερέως Διοδώρο[υ τ]οῦ Νου-
		μηνίου, Δύστρου ις´· Ἀ[λ]έξαν-
		δρος Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ Ἀπολ-
	4	λωνίου ἐτῶν ξ´.
Inscription Translation
“In the year when the priest Diodoros, son of Numenios, held office, on the sixteenth day of (the month) Dystros, (died) Alexandros, son of Alexandros, grandson of Apollonios, aged sixty years.”
Inscription Comment
Site
Sardis
Findspot
From a Roman tomb near Sardis, the same place as no. 594.
Description

Cinerarium of marble with a roof-shaped lid. The inscription is written on the lid.

Dimensions
H. 0.35, W. 0.47, Th. 0.38, H. of letters 0.02.
Comments

1 Sardis VII 1, no. 115 mentions an eponymous priest of Roma Diodoros whose father’s name is lost (Herrmann). - Νουμηνίου: see no. 639, 1 comm.

2–4 Because of the shared archaeological context Herrmann assumes that the deceased person of the present inscription is a relative of the one mentioned in no. 607; see also no. 594, 3 comm.

See Also
Bibliography
Malay, Manisa Museum, p. 130, no. 441 (no text). - H. Dedeoğlu and H. Malay, Arkeoloji Dergisi 1 (1991 = Erol Atalay Memorial), pp. 114–15, no. 2, pl. XXVII, fig. 2 (SEG 41, 1023; Herrmann, ms.).
Author
GP