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Inscribed Plaque (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Plaque: Funerary Inscription for [- - -]nios, son of Demostratos
- Date
- 3rd or 4th century AD? (letter shape)., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- NoEx62.024
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Funerary Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - vac. 1–2 νίου τοῦ Δημοστράτου. ζῇ. twig ἐκ τοῦ ἰδίου ἐπ- οίει.
- Inscription Translation
- “[Tomb of - -]nios, son of Demostratos. He is alive. He built (the tomb) from his own funds.”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- B-Grid Coordinates
- ca. E70 - E130 / S400 - S500
- Findspot
- From a tomb in a vineyard located 400 m east of the highway and 200 m south of the Sardis city wall.
- Description
Plaque of marble.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.16, W. 1.33, Th. 0.30, H. of letters 0.02–0.04.
- Comments
1 For the interjection ζῇ, see L. Robert, Et. anat., p. 225; and AntCl 1966, p. 379 n. 5 (= Op. Min. VI, p. 3).
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP