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Inscribed Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Fragment: Funerary Inscription
- Date
- 1st–2nd century AD? (letter shape)., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN62.114
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Funerary Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
]διανὴ ΤΟΝ̣[ τοῖς τ]έ̣κνοις κ[αὶ - -
- Inscription Translation
- “[- - -]diane [- - - for the] children [and - - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- PN
- B-Grid Coordinates
- *90.10
- Findspot
- Pactolus North, southwest corner of trench.
- Description
Fragment of marble, broken on all sides. Above the inscription are the remains of a garland from a sarcophagus(?).
- Dimensions
- H. 0.31, W. 0.29, Th. 0.17, H. of letters 0.02–0.03.
- Comments
1 [Κλαυ]διανή or [Σαρ]διανή? - ]ΔΙΑΝΗ·ΤΟΝ̣[ (with oversize T) the stone: the excavation record gives as last letter a mutilated N; on the photo I see only the remains of a vertical stroke.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP