Inscribed Cinerarium with roof-shaped lid: Funerary Inscription for Artemidoros, son of Menophilos
- Date
- Between 129 and 9 BC., Hellenistic
- Museum
- Rahmi Koç Collection, İstanbul
- Museum Inventory No.
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- Rahmi Koç Collection (M14 No.603)
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Cinerarium Lid, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Funerary Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Ἐπὶ Ἀσκληπιάδου τοῦ Δεσκύλου, Ξανδικοῦ ἐμβολίμου ιγ´· Ἀρτεμίδωρος Μηνοφίλου.
- Inscription Translation
- “In the year when Asklepiades, son of Deskylos, held office, on the thirteenth day of the intercalated (month) Xandikos, (died) Artemidoros, son of Menophilos.”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Findspot
- Attributed to Sardis by the ed. pr. Now in the Rahmi Koç Collection, İstanbul.
- Description
Cinerarium of marble with a roof-shaped lid. The inscription is written on the lid.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.36, W. 0.47, Th. 0.38, H. of letters 0.015–0.018.
- Comments
1 The same eponymous person in no. 604. It seems that Deskylos was himself eponymous priest (Dedeoğlu and Malay; see no. 602, 1 comm.). Gibson also discusses the name Deskylos; Herrmann refers to Th. Corsten, EpAnat 12 (1988), p. 64 n. 40.
2 Gibson discusses aspects of the calendar; see nos. 595, 3 and 612, 2.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- E. Gibson, ZPE 42 (1981), pp. 215–16, pl. VII (SEG 31, 1046; Herrmann, ms.).
- Author
- GP