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- Unpublished.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