Inscribed Cinerarium Lid Fragment: Funerary Inscription for teenage son of Amphilochos

Date
Unknown., Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
IN85.008
Material
Marble, Stone
Object Type
Cinerarium Lid, Inscription
Inscription Type
Funerary Inscription
Inscription language
Greek
Inscription Text
		[Ἐπὶ		-]νου τὸ β´,
		[μηνὸς		]ου γ´ ἀπ(ιόντος) ΑΠΕΠ̣ . .
		[		] Ἀμφιλόχου
	4	[	          ἐτ]ῶ̣ν̣ ι̣γ̣´.
Inscription Translation
“[In the year when - -]nos (/-nes) held office for the second time, on the third day from the end [of month - -]os (died) [- - -], son of Amphilochos [- - -], aged thirteen years.”
Inscription Comment
Site
Sardis
Sector
MMS
Trench
MMS-II 85.1
B-Grid Coordinates
ca. E142 - E144 / S70 - S72 *103.5
Findspot
MMS-II.
Description

Fragment of the right portion of a cinerarium lid of white marble; parts of the right and lower sides preserved, elsewhere broken. The surface is badly worn.

Dimensions
H. 0.21, W. 0.23, Th. 0.05, H. of letters ca. 0.018.
Comments

Herrmann’s text and restorations.

1 As a very vague possibility Herrmann considers [Ἑρμίππου Λαβιη]νοῦ; see Sardis VII 1, no. 120 and no. 612.

2 ἀπ(ιόντος): the A is written under the Π. Herrmann notes that the following letters are hard to interpret (a verb, like μετήλλαξεν, no. 585, 3?). Instead of the final Π, ΓΡ may have been written.

See Also
Bibliography
Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
Author
GP