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Inscribed Stele (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Stele: Funerary Inscription for diakonos Elpid( )
- Date
- Late Antiquity., Roman
- Museum
- Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum
- Museum Inventory No.
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- NoEx02.005
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Stele, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Funerary Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
† Ἐρπιδs διάκον(ος) τῆς ὀρθο- 4 δόξου πί- στεως.
- Inscription Translation
- “Diakonos E(l)pid( ) of the orthodox belief (is buried here).”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Çaltılı
- Description
Stele.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.40, W. 0.18.
- Comments
1–2 I assume that the name of the diakonos was formed with the root Ἐλπιδ-, written, as frequently, ΕΡΠΙΔ-, e.g., Ἐλπίδι(ο)ς. Like in l. 2 (ΔΙΑΚΟΝs), the s-shaped sign indicates abbreviation.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP