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Tabula Ansata of Marble, Photograph Scanned from Malay, Inscriptions in the Manisa Museum. (From Malay, Inscriptions in the Manisa Museum, fig. 1.)
Inscribed tabula ansata: Funerary inscription for Sarapion, son of Sarapion
- Date
- 2nd century AD? (Malay)., Roman
- Museum
- Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 502
- Museum Inventory No.
- 502
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- Manisa 502
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Funerary Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Σαραπίων Σαραπίωνος κατεσκεύασε τὸ μνη- μεῖον ἑαυτῷ καὶ ἐγ- 4 γόνοις.
- Inscription Translation
- “Sarapion, son of Sarapion, built the tomb for himself and for his posterity.”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Description
Tabula ansata of marble.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.45, W. 0.62, Th. 0.06, H. of letters 0.018.
- Comments
1 Malay refers to Sardis VII 1, no. 134 (first century BC): Σαραπίων Σαραπίωνος τοῦ Ἀπολλωνίου, χαῖρε.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Malay, Manisa Museum, p. 101, no. 321, pl. 43, fig. 110.
- Author
- GP