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Inscribed Stele Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Stele Fragment: Funerary Inscription?
- Date
- 2nd–3rd century AD? (letter shape)., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- NoEx65.011
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Stele, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Funerary Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Ἀγαθ[ῇ τύχῃ]· Τρ̣οφ[ιμ- Ἀμερ[ιμν- 4 [ . ]ΙΧΟ̣[
- Inscription Translation
- “Good [luck!] Troph[im- - - -] Amer[imnos - - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Salihli
- Findspot
- From the farm of Hudi Bey, near Salihli.
- Description
Left upper corner of a tapering stele of white marble; elsewhere broken, rear roughly picked.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.17, W. 0.14, max. Th. 0.05, H. of letters 0.02.
- Comments
1 The sepulchral character of the fragment is not certain. Funerary inscriptions can be introduced by the words ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ; see Sardis VII 1, no. 165 and, e.g., IGSK 23 (Smyrna), nos. 201, 247, 396, and 509.
2 The name Ἀμέριμνος (“Carefree”) is particularly well attested in Lydia and Ionia; see LGPN VA s.v.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP