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Inscribed Stele Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Stele Fragment: Funerary Inscription for the wife of Peitheros
- Date
- Unknown., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- NoEx71.011
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Stele, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Funerary Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Πειθέρως Τ[ ] [γ]υναικὶ ΕΚ[ ] [ - ? ἔτ]η̣ γμ´ μ̣[ῆνας ? ]
- Inscription Translation
- “Peitheros [- - -] for his wife [- - - who lived] forty-three [years and x months - - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- B-Grid Coordinates
- ca. E140 / S350
- Findspot
- Found together with other fragments in a vineyard near Biber Kayası.
- Description
Fragment of the upper portion of a stele with pediment and acroteria, broken except for the left upper part.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.31, W. 0.28, Th. 0.05, H. of letters 0.02–0.027.
- Comments
Unless otherwise indicated, Herrmann’s supplements and notes.
1 Peitheros: for the name, cf. IGSK 16 (Ephesos), no. 2531 (Λ. Δομιτίου Πειθέρωτος). It characterizes the bearers as “beaux garçons,” see L. Robert, Gladiateurs, p. 301, no. 88 comm., from Ancyra (Petzl). - At the end of the line either τ[ῇ ἑαυτοῦ] or a name.
2 EK[- - -]: perhaps the woman’s name.
3 I propose [ζησάσῃ ἔτ]η̣, etc.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP