Inscribed Stele with two wreaths and relief: Funerary Inscription for Stratonike, daughter of Menekrates, wife of Menogenes

Date
1st century BC–1st century AD?, Hellenistic or Roman
Museum
Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum
Museum Inventory No.
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
Manisa (M14 No. 641)
Material
Marble, Stone
Object Type
Stele, Inscription
Inscription Type
Funerary Inscription
Inscription language
Greek
Inscription Text
		Μηνογένης Μηνογένο[υ]
		Στρατονίκην Μενεκράτο[υ],
		τὴν ἑατοῦ γυναῖκα.
	4	Στρατονίκη Μενεκράτου,
			χαῖρε.
Inscription Translation
“Menogenes, son of Menogenes, (has honored) his own wife Stratonike, daughter of Menekrates. Stratonike, daughter of Menekrates. Farewell!”
Inscription Comment
Site
Ahmetli
Description

Funerary stele with the depiction of two wreaths and a relief; broken into two pieces.

Dimensions
H. 1.50, W. 0.47, Th. 0.14, H. of letters 0.015.
Comments

3 ἑατοῦ: see no. 446, 4 comm.

4 Μενεκράτου: after the second declension, instead of -κράτους, a frequent phenomenon; the ends of ll. 1 and 2 have been restored accordingly.

See Also
Bibliography
Unpublished; copied and read by Hasan Malay in 2001.
Author
GP