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