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