-
Inscribed Cinerarium Lid Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Cinerarium Lid Fragment: Funerary Inscription for Apollonios
- Date
- Unknown., Hellenistic or Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN61.024
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Cinerarium Lid, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Funerary Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
[Ἐ]π̣ὶ Μηνοφ[ίλου τοῦ Σωπάτ?]- ρ̣ου, μη(νὸς) Πε[ριτίου - -]· Ἀπολλών[ιος -]- 4 του ἐτῶ[ν ..].
- Inscription Translation
- “[In the year when] Menoph[ilos, son of Sopat?]ros held office, in the month Peritios [- - -] (died) Apollonios, son of [- -]tos (/-tes) aged [- -] years.”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- PN
- Trench
- PN
- B-Grid Coordinates
- W260 / S350 ca. *89.10
- Findspot
- Pactolus North, in fallen debris from a wall, W260/S350 ca. *89.10.
- Description
Fragment of a cinerarium lid of marble; parts of the left and lower sides preserved, elsewhere broken.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.19, W. 0.22, Th. 0.04, H. of letters ca. 0.015.
- Comments
Herrmann’s text and restorations.
1–2 Herrmann’s proposed restoration refers to the cinerary vase in Sardis VII 1, no. 126: ἐπὶ Μηνοφίλου τοῦ Σωπάτρου…
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Mentioned in BASOR 166 (1962), p. 18; text Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP