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Inscribed Block with Tabula Ansata (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Block with tabula ansata: Funerary inscription for Nikomedes
- Date
- Late Antiquity., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN68.011
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Funerary Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
† Νικομή- δους †
- Inscription Translation
- “(Tomb) of Nikomedes.”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Çaltılı
- Findspot
- Found in a field near the village of Çaltılı.
- Description
Block of marble with a tabula ansata in relief. The present inscription has been engraved after the complete deletion of a previous text (11 lines).
- Dimensions
- H. 0.53, W. 0.75, Th. 0.27, H. of letters 0.038.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP