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'''Modern Publication(s):''' ''IK Smyrna'' 244; ''CIG'' 3385
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'''Modern Publication(s):''' ''CIG'' 3385; ''IK Smyrna'' 244; McCabe, ''Smyrna'' 651
  
 
'''Brief description:''' Funerary Inscription
 
'''Brief description:''' Funerary Inscription
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'''Date:''' Imperial
 
'''Date:''' Imperial
  
'''Dimensions:''' H. 0.354; Width 0.714; letter-height: 0.018 (line 1, but thereafter smaller).
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'''Dimensions:''' H. 0.354; Width 0.714.
  
 
'''Layout:''' 10 lines of text.
 
'''Layout:''' 10 lines of text.
  
'''Writing:''' Inscribed
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'''Writing:''' Inscribed; letter-height: 0.018 (line 1, but thereafter smaller).
  
'''Condition:''' Complete
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'''Condition:''' Complete, when photographed for ''IK Smyrna''. Current condition unknown.
  
'''Decoration:''' Border at bottom
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'''Decoration:''' Raised border at bottom
  
  
 
== Collection ==
 
== Collection ==
'''Location:''' Ince Blundell Hall. Said by IK Smyrna to be built into the front side of the Garden Temple at Ince Blundell Hall. Understood to have been removed during the refurbishment of the Garden Temple and returned to the hall in autumn 2010.   
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'''Location:''' Ince Blundell Hall. Said by ''IK Smyrna'' to be built into the front side of the Garden Temple at Ince Blundell Hall. Understood to have been removed during the refurbishment of the Garden Temple and returned to the hall in autumn 2010.   
  
'''Collector:''' {{{Collector}}}
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'''Collector:''' Henry Blundell, purchased at Lord Besborough's sale.
  
'''Date collected:''' {{{CollectionDate}}}
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'''Date collected:''' Purchased by Blundell in April 1801, but known earlier.
 
 
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'''Accession or catalogue number:'''
  
 
== Translation ==
 
== Translation ==
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Ulpius Iouli(us) Trophimos of Smyrna, councilor and euposiarch and prytanis; I bought this hero-shrine and after purchasing also a cinerary-urn I built this for myself and for my wife Tuche and for our children and grandchildren and dependants and freedmen. No one else has the power to bury any other here nor to sell anything from those who are here. If anyone dares to do such a thing, he will pay 5 denarii to the Mother of the Gods Sipylene.
  
 
== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
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== Web Links ==
 
== Web Links ==
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[http://epigraphy.packhum.org/inscriptions/oi?ikey=255575&bookid=525&region=8&subregion=29 Greek text, from PHI]
  
  
 
== Image(s) ==
 
== Image(s) ==
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See ''IK Smyrna'' Plate 17 no. 244

Latest revision as of 18:47, 30 May 2014


Modern Publication(s): CIG 3385; IK Smyrna 244; McCabe, Smyrna 651

Brief description: Funerary Inscription


Attributes

Inscription Type: Funerary

Object Type: Tabula with raised border at bottom

Material: Marble

Original Location: unknown

Provenance: Smyrna, once in the house of the Dutch Consul (IK Smyrna 244)

Date: Imperial

Dimensions: H. 0.354; Width 0.714.

Layout: 10 lines of text.

Writing: Inscribed; letter-height: 0.018 (line 1, but thereafter smaller).

Condition: Complete, when photographed for IK Smyrna. Current condition unknown.

Decoration: Raised border at bottom


Collection

Location: Ince Blundell Hall. Said by IK Smyrna to be built into the front side of the Garden Temple at Ince Blundell Hall. Understood to have been removed during the refurbishment of the Garden Temple and returned to the hall in autumn 2010.

Collector: Henry Blundell, purchased at Lord Besborough's sale.

Date collected: Purchased by Blundell in April 1801, but known earlier.

Accession or catalogue number:

Translation

Ulpius Iouli(us) Trophimos of Smyrna, councilor and euposiarch and prytanis; I bought this hero-shrine and after purchasing also a cinerary-urn I built this for myself and for my wife Tuche and for our children and grandchildren and dependants and freedmen. No one else has the power to bury any other here nor to sell anything from those who are here. If anyone dares to do such a thing, he will pay 5 denarii to the Mother of the Gods Sipylene.

Bibliography

Web Links

Greek text, from PHI


Image(s)

See IK Smyrna Plate 17 no. 244