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Inscribed Plaque Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Plaque Fragment: Funerary inscription for Christ[- - -]
- Date
- Late Antiquity., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- NoEx87.001
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Funerary Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Μν † [η]- μόρ[ιον] Χριστ[ ] 4 Λ̣Ρ̣Λ̣[ ]
- Inscription Translation
- “Tomb of Christ[- ? - - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Findspot
- Found on a hill ca. 1 km from the expedition compound.
- Description
Fragment of a plaque of white marble; broken on all sides.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.19, W. 0.22, Th. 0.04, H. of letters 0.021–0.045.
- Comments
Herrmann’s text and restorations.
1 See no. 704, 1 comm.
2 A reference to Christ? I suggest it is perhaps a personal name beginning with Χρηστ- with itacistic spelling.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP