Inscribed Plaque Fragment: Funerary Inscription for Trophimos and Herma[- - -]

Date
Late Antiquity., Roman
Museum
Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum
Museum Inventory No.
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
NoEx89.006
Material
Marble, Stone
Object Type
Inscription
Inscription Type
Funerary Inscription
Inscription language
Greek
Inscription Text
		Μεμόριον
		Τροφίμου
		καὶ Ἑρμα[  ]
	4	[           ]Γ̣[	]
Inscription Translation
“Tomb of Trophimos and Herma[- - - -].”
Inscription Comment
Site
Sardis
Sector
B
Findspot
Bath-Gymnasium Complex.
Description

Fragment of a plaque of white marble; bottom broken off, all other sides preserved.

Dimensions
H. 0.23, W. 0.35, Th. 0.06, H. of letters 0.045–0.05.
Comments

1 See no. 704, 1 comm.

3–4 Ἑρμα[ . ] / - - - , Malay. Perhaps Ἑρμᾶ, Herrmann.

See Also
Bibliography
Malay, Manisa Museum, p. 145, no. 509, pl. 81, fig. 214. Herrmann, ms.
Author
GP