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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