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    Inscribed Fragment of Half-Finished Garland Sarcophagus (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Inscribed Fragment of Half-Finished Garland Sarcophagus: Funerary Inscription for Menophilos

Date
Roman Imperial period (Malay)., Roman
Museum
Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, inv. no. 533
Museum Inventory No.
inv. no. 533
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
NoEx58.018
Material
Marble, Stone
Object Type
Sculpture, Sarcophagus, Inscription
Inscription Type
Funerary Inscription
Inscription language
Greek
Sculpture Type
Sarcophagus
Inscription Text
					(a)	(b)		   (a)		(b)
		[		]  δίκαιον			Μηνο-
		[		] κατεσ-    ΝΟ̣Ν		φίλῳ		ΙΟΥ
		[		  κεύα-					]
	4	[		  σεν						]
Inscription Translation
“[- - - the] right (of sepulture), [he] made [the sarcophagus] for Menophilos [- - -]nonios.”
Inscription Comment
Site
Çaltılı
Description

Fragment of a half-finished garland sarcophagus of white marble; only the upper edge is preserved; the other portions have been broken or cut off. Inscription (a) stands on protruding parts, (b) in between them.

Dimensions
H. 0.17, W. 1.30, Th. 0.19, H. of letters [a] 0.025, [b] 0.075.
Comments

1 For τὸ δίκαιον with the meaning given in the translation, cf., e.g., IGSK 23 (Smyrna) no. 246, 5–6: οἱ κληρονόμοι μου καὶ ἀπελεύθεροι ἔχοντες καὶ αὐτοὶ δίκαιον τοῦ ταφῆναι ἐν τῷ μνήματι; M. Wörrle, Chiron 27 (1997), pp. 437–38.

2 Malay recognizes in ΝΟ̣ΝΙΟΥ the genitive of Menophilos’s father’s name and proposes, e.g., [Μεμ]-νο̣νίου or [Ξε]νω̣νίου. Herrmann remarks that the name is possibly complete: Νω̣νίου or Νο̣νίου.

See Also
Bibliography
Malay, Manisa Museum, pp. 127–28, no. 435, pl. 60, fig. 163. Herrmann, ms.
Author
GP