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Inscribed Plaque Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Plaque Fragment: Funerary Inscription for Ser[- - -]
- Date
- Late Antiquity., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- OIN58.020
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Funerary Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Μεμ[όρι]- ον δια[φέρο]- ν Σ̣ερ[ ] - - - -
- Inscription Translation
- “Tomb belonging to Ser---.”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Findspot
- Discovered in 1958 in the ruins of the excavation house of H. C. Butler.
- Description
Fragment of a plaque; right and lower sides broken off. The upper side has a molding.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.15, W. 0.19, max. Th. 0.06, H. of letters 0.028.
- Comments
Herrmann’s text and restorations.
1 For μεμόριον, μημόριον, μνημόριον, Herrmann refers to D. Feissel, Recueil des inscriptions chrétiennes de Macédoine (1983), pp. 23–24; BE 1992, 616; see also TAM V 3, 1866, 1 comm.
2–3 διαφέρειν is a common verb in the late texts to express ownership.
3 Instead of the squared lunate sigma, a Γ would also be possible. It seems that nothing was written after P.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP