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Inscribed Plaque Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Plaque Fragment: Funerary Inscription
- Date
- Late Antiquity., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- OIN58.044
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Funerary Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
. ΗΙ . .[ - - τοὺς̣ Μ̣ΗΙ[ - - καὶ ΑΥΤΟΤ̣̣[ - - 4 Κυριακὸς [ - - ετο τοῖς υἱο[ῖς - [ ]ΑCΙΛΙ̣[ - -
- Inscription Translation
- “[- - -] the [- - -] and [- - -] Kyriakos [- - -] the sons [- - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Findspot
- Discovered in 1958 in the ruins of the excavation house of H. C. Butler.
- Description
Fragment of a plaque of coarse-grained white marble; the left side is perhaps complete; all other sides are broken, and the rear surface is rough. Irregular script, partly difficult to read.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.24, W. 0.28, Th. 0.11, H. of letters 0.015–0.025.
- Comments
Herrmann’s text and restorations.
1 Before HI is either a cross or a T. The letter traces do not recommend the restoration ἡρ̣[ῷον].
2 Σ and M are hardly visible.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP