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Inscribed Block (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed block: Funerary Inscription
- Date
- Unknown., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN76.006
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Funerary Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
[ ]ος ζῶν ἑαυτῷ καὶ τοῖς ἰ- [δίοις τὸ - - - καὶ τὴν κ]αμάραν καὶ τὰ περὶ αὐτὸ [ κατεσκεύ]ασεν. vacat ζῇ.
- Inscription Translation
- “[(Name), son of (name)] has built during his lifetime for himself and for his relatives [the - - - and the] vault and the surrounding [- - -]. He is alive.”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Findspot
- Found in a field south of the Sardis city wall.
- Description
Block of marble; broken on the left, rear, and probably upper faces; the right face is damaged.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.23, W. 0.71, Th. 0.27, H. of letters 0.02–0.03.
- Comments
Herrmann’s supplements and notes.
1 and 3 ζῶν, ζῇ: see no. 653, 1 comm.
2 Perhaps [τὸ μνημεῖον or τὸ ἡρῷον καὶ τὴν κ]αμάραν (for the latter term see Kubińska, Monuments funéraires, pp. 94–99). - τὰ περὶ αὐτό (the pronoun refers to the missing neuter term in l. 2): the areas surrounding the funerary monument; cf. nos. 675, 4 and 697, 4–5 comm. Herrmann considers a new supplement for Sardis VII 1, no. 154: τὴν καμάρ[α]ν [σὺν τῷ / περικ]ειμένῳ τόπῳ.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP