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