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Inscribed Block (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Block: Funerary Inscription for Theodas, by his heirs
- Date
- 1st–2nd century AD (Herrmann, after the letter shape)., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- NoEx73.008
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Funerary Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Θεοδόσιος καὶ Θεοδᾶς καὶ Θεόφιλος καὶ Ἄπφι- small hook ον οἱ Θεοδᾶ κληρονό- 4 μοι ἐποίησαν τὸ μνῆ- μα κατὰ τὴν διαθή- κην Θεοδᾶ τοῦ πα- τρὸς αὐτῶν.
- Inscription Translation
- “Theodosios and Theodas and Theophilos and Apphion, the heirs of Theodas, have made the tomb in accordance to Theodas’s, their father’s, testament.”
- Inscription Comment
- Findspot
- Unknown provenance.
- Description
Block of white marble; the upper and left sides are smoothed, while the right side is rough. It originally fit into a building.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.38, W. 0.59, Th. 0.16, H. of letters 0.026.
- Comments
1 and 3: Θεοδᾶς is the hypocoristic form belonging to Θεοδόσιος; see L. Robert, Stèles funéraires, p. 164.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP