Difference between revisions of "IK Smyrna 290: Hipparchikos' Memorial"
Admin ukepig (talk | contribs) (→Image(s)) |
Admin ukepig (talk | contribs) (→Attributes) |
||
| Line 16: | Line 16: | ||
'''Provenance:''' Unspecified, but 'IK Smyrna' reports that it was seen and copied in Smyrna by the Dutch consul | '''Provenance:''' Unspecified, but 'IK Smyrna' reports that it was seen and copied in Smyrna by the Dutch consul | ||
| − | '''Date:''' | + | '''Date:''' Imperial |
'''Dimensions:''' H 0.32; L 0.57 | '''Dimensions:''' H 0.32; L 0.57 | ||
Revision as of 14:57, 28 April 2014
Modern Publication(s): IK Smyrna 290
Brief description: Memorial for Hipparchikos and his family
Attributes
Inscription Type: Memorial
Object Type: Tabula Ansata
Material: Stone
Original Location: Smyrna?
Provenance: Unspecified, but 'IK Smyrna' reports that it was seen and copied in Smyrna by the Dutch consul
Date: Imperial
Dimensions: H 0.32; L 0.57
Layout: Eight lines, fairly evenly spaced
Writing: Inscribed
Condition: Broken on all sides.
Decoration: None
Collection
Location: Ince Blundell Hall, according to Petzl: 'jetzt vermauert in der Frontseite (aussen) des Garden Temple in Ince Blundell Hall / Liverpool' (IK Smyrna 290).
Collector: Henry Blundell; purchased at 'Lord Besborough's sale, at Roehampton, and much recommended as being interesting'.
Date collected: Purchased by Blundell in April 1801, but known earlier.
Accession or catalogue number: tbc
Translation
'Hipparchikos son of Paramonos built this memorial for himself and for his wife Metrion and for their children and all their pets. A copy of this is is kept in the archive.'
Bibliography
'CIG' 3337; McCabe 'Smyrna' 506; 'IK Smyrna' 290
H. Blundell, 'Engravings and etchings of sepulchral monuments, cinerary urns, gems, bronzes, prints, Greek insriptions fragments, &c. in the collection of Henry Blundell, Esq. at Ince'. Vol. II (London, 1809), pl. 153, III
Web Links
Image(s)
See IK Smyrna Taf. 21 no. 290
