Inscribed Cinerarium with roof-shaped lid: Funerary Inscription for Aphphion, daughter of menodotos, wife of Diogenes

Date
Between 129 and 27 BC., Hellenistic
Museum
Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 6501
Museum Inventory No.
6501
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
Manisa 6501
Material
Marble, Stone
Object Type
Cinerarium Lid, Inscription
Inscription Type
Funerary Inscription
Inscription language
Greek
Inscription Text
		Ἀφφιον Μηνοδότου,
		γυνὴ δὲ Διογένου.
Inscription Translation
“Aphphion, daughter of Menodotos, wife of Diogenes.”
Inscription Comment
Site
Sardis
Findspot
From a Roman tomb near Sardis, the same place as no. 594.
Description

Cinerarium of marble with a roof-shaped lid. The inscription is written on the lid.

Dimensions
H. 0.30, W. 0.47, Th. 0.39, H. of letters 0.015–0.02.
Comments

1 Ἄμμιον, edd. prr. erroneously; corr. H. W. Pleket (SEG).

See Also
Bibliography
Malay, Manisa Museum, p. 130, no. 444 (no text). - H. Dedeoğlu and H. Malay, Arkeoloji Dergisi 1 (1991 = Erol Atalay Memorial), p. 116, no. 5, pl. XXIX, fig. 5 (SEG 41, 1026).
Author
GP