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- Unpublished; copied and read by Hasan Malay in 2001.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