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    Inscribed Cimerarium (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Inscribed Cimerarium: Funerary Inscription for Artemon, son of Sipylos

Date
1st century BC–1st century AD? (letter shape)., Hellenistic or Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
NoEx75.008
Material
Marble, Stone
Object Type
Inscription
Inscription Type
Funerary Inscription
Inscription language
Greek
Inscription Text
		Ἀρτέμων Σιπύλου
		ἐτῶν λ´.
Inscription Translation
“Artemon, son of Sipylos, aged thirty years.”
Inscription Comment
Site
Sart Mahmut
Description

Cinerarium of marble. The inscription is on one of the sloping faces of the lid.

Dimensions
H. 0.29 at ridge, W. 0.41, Th. 0.36, H. of letters 0.015.
Comments

1 For the personal name Σίπυλος, Malay refers to its attestation on a coin from Smyrna; see IGSK 24, 2, p. 397, Index s.v.

See Also
Bibliography
Manisa Museum (inv. no. 5000). - Malay, Manisa Museum, p. 138, no. 483, pl. 74, fig. 193.
Author
GP