Inscribed Plaque or Stele Fragment: Funerary Inscription
- Date
- 3rd century AD? (Letter shape; Roman Imperial period [Malay])., Roman
- Museum
- Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 7996
- Museum Inventory No.
- 7996
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- Manisa 7996
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Stele, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Funerary Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
[ ] Σαρδιανὸς [ ]ῳ τῷ τέ- [κνῳ μν(ε)ίας] χάριν 4 [καὶ ]ΗΔΙ τῇ [ ]ΥΕΠΕ [ ζήσαντ]ι ἔτη [ ]ΑΥ 8 [ ] vacat
- Inscription Translation
- “[- - -] Sardian [- - -] for the child, for the sake [of memory - - - who lived…] years [- - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Findspot
- Sart Mahmut.
- Description
Right fragment of a marble plaque or stele.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.35, W. 0.20, Th. 0.08, H. of letters 0.015–0.025.
- Comments
Malay’s restorations.
4 [ ]ΗΔΙ: “dative of a female name in -ής” (Malay); see no. 663, 3.
4–7 It does not seem that these lines are later additions, as considered by Malay.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Malay, Researches, pp. 122–23, no. 133, pl. 98, fig. 138 (SEG 49, 1680).
- Author
- GP