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Inscribed Cinerarium Lid Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Cinerarium Lid Fragment: Funerary Inscription
- Date
- Unknown., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN64.009
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Cinerarium Lid, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Funerary Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
[Ἐπὶ - - ]ωνο[ς? ] [ τὸ] δ̣´, μη(νὸς) [ ]νου Ι[ 4 [ ]Κ̣ΙΑΓ[ [ ]ΝΗΔΟ[ [ ]δου [ ἐτῶ]ν̣ μ[ ´?
- Inscription Translation
- “[In the year when - - - held office for the] fourth time, on the first(?) of the month [- - -] (died) [- - - - - -], aged forty [+ x? years].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- MTW
- B-Grid Coordinates
- to *112.90
- Findspot
- House of Bronzes sector, Middle Terrace West, Room A.
- Description
Fragment of a cinerarium lid of gray marble; only a portion of the lower side is preserved, elsewhere broken and perhaps intentionally cut on the left side. The script is fairly careless.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.20, W. 0.08, Th. 0.09, H. of letters ca. 0.012.
- Comments
Herrmann’s text and restorations.
3 [ ]νου Ι[ ]: Herrmann. Perhaps νουμ̣[ηνία]; cf. SEG 32, 1224.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP