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Inscribed Stele with Relief (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Stele with Relief: Monument for [- -]los, a gladiator
- Date
- “3rd century A.D.?” (Hanfmann and Ramage, R2)., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- NoEx60.016
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Inscribed Monument for a Gladiator
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Sculpture Type
- Stele
- Inscription Text
[ -]λος
- Inscription Translation
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sart Mahmut
- Description
The name Nympheros is attested for gladiators; see L. Robert, Gladiateurs, nos. 191a, 300, 302, and p. 301; also SEG 38, 589. Stele fragment of white marble. The relief shows a heavily armed gladiator with helmet and shield striding toward the right; he holds a short sword in his right hand. “Les trous de vision dans le casque semblent en dessus de la collerette” (L. Robert). The inscription is below the relief.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.63, W. 0.29, Th. 0.09.
- Comments
[ -]λος: Robert (SEG 32, correcting the reading of SEG 28).
- See Also
- See also: R2, No. 153.
- Bibliography
- G. M. A. Hanfmann and N. Ramage, R2, p. 125, no. 153, with further references, fig. 298 (SEG 28, 927); L. Robert, CRAI 1982, pp. 240–41 (= id., Op. Min. V, pp. 803–4), fig. 4 (SEG 32, 1239).
- Author
- GP