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Inscribed Stele (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Stele: Funerary Inscription for Kersia[n?]os, a presbyter
- Date
- Late Antiquity., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- NoEx72.016
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Stele, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Funerary Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Μνῆ † μ[α] Κερσια[ν?]- οῦ πρεσ[βυ]- 4 τέρου δι- αφέρι. †
- Inscription Translation
- “The tomb belongs to the presbyter Kersia[n?]os.”
- Inscription Comment
- Findspot
- Unknown provenance.
- Description
Stele of white marble; the upper and right sides are cut off.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.79, W. 0.33, Th. 0.05, H. of letters 0.065.
- Comments
Herrmann’s text and restorations.
2–3 Herrmann stresses the uncertainty of the restoration of the personal name. He hesitatingly considers a connection with the legendary (Lydian?) name Κέρσης, referring to Zgusta, Kleinas. Personennamen, p. 226, § 588 and G. Dunst, Chiron 1 (1971), pp. 111–14.
I would not exclude the possibility that the stone is complete on the right side. If so, the A (l. 2) below the second M of l. 1 could belong to μνῆμα, and the following name might be Κερσιου (apparently not attested; hardly Κερε̣ίου [the genitive of Καίριος]) followed by πρε(σβυ)/τέρου δι/αφέρι (if there was more space to the right it would have been natural to write δια/φέρι).
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP