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Funerary doorstone of Sosthenes

Type of monument:
Funerary doorstone.
Location:
Ahat (Akmoneia): in a lane.
Description:
Marble doorstone without pediment. Twin door with four panels. In upper right panel, key-hole; in lower right panel, door-knocker; upper and lower left panels blank. Inscription on the frame above the door.
Dimensions:
Ht. 0.65; W. 0.58; Th. 0.23; letters 0.014-0.017.
Record:
Squeeze; line drawing; MB notebook copy (1955/107).
Publication:
None.
Date:
Second or third century AD.
 
 

Σωσθένης Σωσθένου τοῦ Γλύκωνος
Σωσθένῃ πατρὶ καὶ Διονυ̣σίᾳ μητρὶ μνήμης
χάριν.
Sosthenes son of Sosthenes, grandson of Glykon, for his father Sosthenes and his mother Dionysia, in memoriam.

Illustrations:

Squeeze of MAMA XI 119 (Akmoneia 21: 1955-107)

Squeeze of MAMA XI 119 (Akmoneia 21: 1955-107)