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Inscribed Plaque (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Plaque: Funerary Inscription for Rufinanus
- Date
- Late Antiquity., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN61.001
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Funerary Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Μνῆ- μα Ῥου- φεινα- 4 νοῦ.
- Inscription Translation
- “Tomb of Rufinanus.”
- Inscription Comment
- Sector
- PC
- Findspot
- Found in a vineyard ca. 450 m south of the street leading to the Temple of Artemis, south of the Pactolus Cliff.
- Description
Plaque of marble; it is round at the top and broken below.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.33, W. 0.23, Th. 0.05, H. of letters 0.025–0.05.
- Comments
Herrmann’s text.
2–4 Ῥουφεινανοῦ: one would rather expect Ῥουφεινιανοῦ (Herrmann). Perhaps N and I have to be seen as standing in ligature.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP