Skip to main content
Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.
Menu
Main navigation
Visit
Toggle Visit submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Visit
—
Visit
—
Family visits
—
Group visits
—
Audio app
—
Out-of-hours tours
—
Tours and talks
—
Object trails
—
Accessibility
—
Food and drink
—
Late opening on Fridays
—
Museum map
Exhibitions and events
Collection
Toggle Collection submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Collection
—
Collection
—
Collection online
—
Galleries
—
Blog
—
The British Museum podcast
Learn
Toggle Learn submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Learn
—
Learn
—
Schools
—
Communities
—
Adult learning
—
Young people
Membership
Toggle Membership submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Membership
—
Membership
—
Renew Membership
—
Events
—
Buy Membership
—
Renew Gift Membership
—
Existing Members
—
Buy Under 26 Membership
—
Upgrade your Membership
—
How your money helps
—
Buy Gift Membership
—
Visiting as a Member
—
Members' Room
Support us
Toggle Support us submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Support us
—
Donate
—
Corporate support
—
Become a Patron
—
Supporter case studies
—
Become a Volunteer
—
Leave a legacy
—
American Friends of the British Museum
Secondary navigation
Shop
Search
Donate
Hide menu
altar
Object Type
altar
Museum number
1868,0620.39
Description
A small square marble altar, damaged on the right side, with a bilingual inscription in Latin and Greek. The inscription is a dedication by Earinus, a freedman of the emperor and secretary to the procurator.
Cultures/periods
Roman
Production date
2ndC
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
John Turtle Wood
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Ephesus
, Found near the Magnesian Gate
Materials
marble
Dimensions
Height:
55.88 centimetres
Width:
39.62 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Bibliography: - C.I.L. III, 6081(and 7121) - J.T. Wood, Discoveries at Ephesos (1877) p. 12, and appendix 8, nr 17. - GIBM 564 - OGIS 523 - *IEph 1564.
Bibliographic references
Inscription / The Collection of Ancient Greek Inscriptions in the British Museum
(564)
CIL III / Inscriptiones Asiae, provinciarum Europae Graecarum, Illyrici Latinae
(6081)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Ephesus Excavation Committee
Acquisition date
1868
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1868,0620.39