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Inscribed Stele Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Stele Fragment: Funerary Inscription for [- - -]tasia, a daughter
- Date
- Late Antiquity., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN62.021
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Stele, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Funerary Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
- - - - - τασία θυγά[τηρ] ἰνδ(ικτίωνος) ιβ´. †
- Inscription Translation
- “[- - -]tasia, the daughter, in the twelfth indictio.”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- PN
- Trench
- PN
- B-Grid Coordinates
- W240 / S285 *90.50
- Findspot
- Pactolus North.
- Description
Fragment of a stele of marble; broken on all sides. The rough rear surface has a protruding smoothed disc in the middle.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.17, W. 0.38, Th. 0.07, H. of letters 0.015–0.02.
- Comments
Herrmann’s text and restoration.
1 Herrmann considers Ἑορτασία, as Ἑορτάσιος (Εἱορ-) is attested twice in Sardis, Sardis VII 1, nos. 174 and 175 (see L. Robert, RA II [1933], p. 145 = Op. Min. III, p. 1600; and RPhil 1936, p. 118 = Op. Min. II, p. 1197).
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP