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Inscribed Stele or Pedestal Fragments (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Stele or Pedestal Fragments: Funerary Inscription for Torquatus
- Date
- 2nd–3rd century AD? (letter shape)., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- NoEx64.010a
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Stele, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Funerary Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
[ ]Η̣Α̣ΝΑ [ Το]ρκοάτῳ [ ]Ι̣Ω μ̣[νεί]- 4 [ας] χάριν [ ] ἐ̣[π]οίησα. vac.
- Inscription Translation
- “I, [- - -], have built [this tomb] for Torquatus [- - -] for [memory’s] sake.”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sazköy
- Findspot
- North of the Gygaean Lake.
- Description
Two partly fitting fragments. There is a molding at the upper end, a portion of which, together with a part of the right edge, is only preserved on the right side of (a). Portions of the right and left edges are only preserved on (b). The other sides are broken and damaged.
- Dimensions
- upper [a], lower [b]) of a stele or pedestal of reddish white marble ([a] max. H. ca. 0.26, max. W. ca. 0.30, max. Th. ca. 0.14, H. of letters ca. 0.03; [b] max. H. ca. 0.31, original W. 0.37, H. of both fragments joined ca. 0.55.
- Comments
1 There seem to be traces of letters above l. 1 and after the final A, but these are due to the rough surface of the stone. Instead of Η̣, one could read Μ̣. The reading of the second visible letter is very uncertain.
3–4 μ̣[νεί/ας]: If the restoration is correct, a small preserved lower part of a vertical stroke would belong to the initial M.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP