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Inscribed Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Fragment: Dedication to Men Axiottenos, by priestess? Tatias
- Date
- 2nd–3rd century AD?, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN63.016
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Τατιὰς ἱέ[ρεια(?) Ἀξιοττη]- νοῦ καὶ Δ̣[ ] ΡΕΑC leaf
- Inscription Translation
- “Tatias the priestess(?) of [(Men) Axiotte]nos and [- - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB 63
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E2 / S126 *103.00
- Findspot
- House of Bronzes sector.
- Description
Fragment of white marble; only parts of the lower and the left sides are preserved. The inscription stood in a tabula ansata. Above it there are the remains of a relief: two paws of an animal. Lunate epsilon and sigma.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.09, W. 0.12, Th. 0.04, H. of letters 0.012.
- Comments
1 The supplement is owed to Herrmann who underlines its hypothetical character. For priestesses in the service of Men Axiottenos see TAM V 1, 490, 1–2; and Petzl, Beichtinschriften, no. 62, 3 comm. For a priestess of Men Ouarathos, see Petzl, EpAnat 33 (2001), p. 52, with n. 13 (SEG 51, 1829).
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP