Inscribed Roof-Shaped Cinerarium Lid Fragment: Funerary Inscription for Stratonike, daughter of Apollonides, wife of Metrodoros, the son of Menekrates

Date
Between 129 and 27 BC., Hellenistic
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
Uninv. M14 No.615
Material
Marble, Stone
Object Type
Cinerarium Lid, Inscription
Inscription Type
Funerary Inscription
Inscription language
Greek
Inscription Text
		[Ἐπὶ  -]δώρου, Γορπιαίου τριακά-
		[δι· ? Στρ]α̣τονίκη Ἀπολλωνίδου,
		[γυνὴ] δ̣ὲ̣ Μητροδώρου τοῦ
	4	[ vac.? ] Μενεκ̣ρ[άτ]ου.
Inscription Translation
“In the year when [- -]doros held office, on the thirtieth day of (the month) Gorpiaios, (died) [Str]atonike, daughter of Apollonides, [wife] of Metrodoros, the son of Menekrates.”
Inscription Comment
Site
Sardis
Findspot
Sart Mahmut.
Description

Fragment from the right-hand side of a marble roof-shaped cinerarium lid.

Dimensions
H. 0.07, W. 0.34, Th. 0.33, H. of letters 0.014.
Comments

For priests of Roma in Sardis with names ending in -δωρος, Malay and Ricl refer to Sardis VII 1, nos. 118 (Μητρόδωρος; see no. 595, 1–2 comm.) and 115 (Διόδωρος; see no. 596).

See Also
Bibliography
H. Malay and M. Ricl, EpAnat 39 (2006), pp. 56–57, no. 18 (SEG 56, 1337).
Author
GP