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Inscribed (Funerary?) Altar? Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed (Funerary?) Altar? Fragment
- Date
- 2nd–3rd century AD? (letter shape)., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- NoEx65.006
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Altar, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Fragment
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
]ς Ἀμμι[ ] . ρος Διο[
- Inscription Translation
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Findspot
- Bath-Gymnasium Complex.
- Description
Fragment of a (funerary?) altar(?) of white marble; broken on all sides except for the lower face. Above the inscription, which is written on a smoothed surface, there is a protruding rough area.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.28, W. 0.20, max. Th. 0.10, H. of letters 0.02–0.025.
- Comments
1 Probably a name beginning with Ἀμμι -.
2 The upper apex of the first preserved letter points to a T ([πα]-, or [μη]-, or [θυγα]τ̣ρός, etc.) or Γ.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP