• m14-695-10
    Painted Inscription on Side Wall of Subterranean Tomb (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Painted Inscription on side wall of subterranean tomb: Inscription for tomb built by Flavius Chrysanthios

    Monograph 14: Sardis: Greek and Latin Inscriptions, Part II: Finds from 1958 to 2017 (2019) Cat. 695
    Date
    3rd–5th century AD., Roman
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    IN77.001
    Material
    Plaster
    Object Type
    Inscription
    Inscription Type
    Funerary Inscription
    Inscription language
    Greek
    Inscription Text
    		Φλ(άβιος) Χρυσάν-
		θιος κατε-
		σκεύασεν
	4	τὸν ἡρῷον.
    Inscription Translation
    “Flavius Chrysanthios built the tomb.”
    Inscription Comment
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    Nec
    Trench
    Tomb 76.1
    Locus
    Tomb 76.1 Walls
    Findspot
    Tomb 76.1, east wall, near north end.
    Description

    Inscription painted within a square wreath on a side wall in the subterranean tomb mentioned in nos. 693 and 694.

    Dimensions
    H. of panel 0.31, W. of panel 0.27–0.28, H. of letters 0.55–0.6.
    Comments

    4 τὸν ἡρῷον: instead of τὸ ἡρῷον (ligature NH).

    See Also
    Bibliography
    Mentioned by C. H. Greenewalt, jr., BASOR 233 (1979), pp. 4–8, with drawings (cf. also SPRT, fig. 297). Text transcribed from BASOR 233 by H. W. Pleket: SEG 29, 1206 (2).
    Author
    GP

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