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Inscribed Plaque Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Plaque Fragment: Funerary Inscription for a female citizen of Sardis and Ephesos
- Date
- 2nd–3rd century AD (letter shape [Herrmann])., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN59.002
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Funerary Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
[ ?Μενάν]δρου Σαρδιανὴ καὶ Ἐφεσία [vac.?] [κατεσκεύασε τὸ μνη]μ̣εῖον ἑαυτῇ κα̣ὶ τέκνοις. [vac.?]
- Inscription Translation
- “[(female name)], daughter of [?Menan]dros, citizen of Sardis and Ephesos, [built the] tomb for herself and her children.”
- Inscription Comment
- Findspot
- From a field west of the Pactolus River, ca. 100 m north of the old İzmir-Ankara highway.
- Description
Plaque of white marble; only the lower edge with molding is preserved, all other sides are damaged. Above the inscription there is a rasura.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.50, W. 0.65, Th. 0.10, H. of letters 0.03.
- Comments
Herrmann’s restorations.
1 Other names ending in -ανδρος can be restored.
2 ΚΛΙ the stone.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP