Inscribed Cinerary Vase: Funerary Inscription for a member of the tribe Sylleis

Date
Probably between 85 and 27 BC., Hellenistic
Museum
Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 6498
Museum Inventory No.
6498
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
Manisa 6498
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Inscription
Inscription Type
Funerary Inscription
Inscription language
Greek
Inscription Text
		[			]
		[		]ΔΕ[	]
		[			]
	4	[	   ]Συληΐδος, ἐτῶν μβ´.
Inscription Translation
“[ ] of (the tribe) Syl(l)eis, aged forty-two years.”
Inscription Comment
Site
Sardis
Findspot
From a Roman tomb near Sardis, the same place as no. 594.
Description

Cinerary vase. The inscription is in ink.

Dimensions
H. 0.37.
Comments

4 Συλ(λ)ηΐδος: see no. 600, 4 comm.

See Also
Bibliography
Malay, Manisa Museum, p. 131, no. 448 (no text). - H. Dedeoğlu and H. Malay, Arkeoloji Dergisi 1 (1991 = Erol Atalay Memorial), p. 120, no. 9, fig. 9 (SEG 41, 1030).
Author
GP