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