-
Inscribed Plaque (cover of grave?) (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Plaque (cover of grave?): Funerary Inscription
- Date
- Unknown., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN60.008
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Funerary Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
[Ἐπὶ στεφαν]ηφόρου Ἰου[λίου(?) [ ]αλου τό τε [ [ ]αίου Ὀκκτω[- 4 [ ] Ὀλυμπίας Ε[ [ ]ίου Προκλ[-
- Inscription Translation
- “[In the year when the] stephanephoros Iu[lius(?) held office - - -] and the
[- - - -]aios Occto[- - - -] Olympia [- - - -]ios Procl[- - - -].” - Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- PN
- Trench
- PN
- B-Grid Coordinates
- ca. *91.34
- Findspot
- Pactolus North.
- Description
Plaque of white marble, perhaps a fragment of the cover of a grave. A portion of the upper edge is preserved (the rear part a bit higher); all other sides are damaged.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.16, W. 0.19, Th. 0.06, H. of letters 0.013.
- Comments
Herrmann’s readings and restorations. Herrmann supposes that in ll. 3–5 the owners of the tomb or the persons buried there were named, perhaps a couple with a son.
3 Ὀκκτω[- ]: perhaps the nomen gentile Octonius (Dessau, ILS 7075; cf. A. Holder, Alt-celtischer Wortschatz II, p. 832; Solin and Salomies, Repertorium, p. 130) or Octorius (Holder apud W. Kubitschek, ÖJh 3 [1900], Bbl., p. 2, without indication of the source and not registered in Solin and Salomies, Repertorium), Herrmann. Or the cognomen October (Dessau, ILS 2087 and 6224; Solin and Salomies, Repertorium, p. 371)? - The gemination of -κ- before τ is not infrequent.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP