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Inscribed Stele Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Stele Fragment: Funerary Inscription for Antigonos, son of Antigonos
- Date
- 1st–2nd century AD (letter shape [Herrmann])., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- NoEx73.038
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Stele, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Funerary Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
[Ἀ]ντίγονος κ̣αὶ ΙΕ̣Ρ̣ Ι̣ [ . . ]Σ Ἀντίγονον τὸν ἑα[υ]- τ̣ῶν υεἱόν· ἐτείμη[σέ] 4 τ̣ε καὶ ἡ συνγένε̣[ια].
- Inscription Translation
- “Antigonos and Hier- - - (have honored) their son Antigonos. The relatives too have honored him.”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Göktepe
- Findspot
- Ca. 500 m south of the expedition compound.
- Description
Stele of white marble; broken at the upper and lower right part. A tenon is partly preserved. Above the (rather worn) inscription are the remains of a relief in a recess: on the left are the feet of a standing person clad in a long garment.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.28, W. 0.39, Th. 0.10, H. of letters 0.015–0.02.
- Comments
Herrmann’s supplements.
3 υεἱόν: see no. 656, 3 comm.
4 ἡ συνγένεια: in the sense of οἱ συγγενεῖς (Herrmann).
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP