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Inscribed Fragments (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Fragments: Probably Belonging to Dossier Concerning Measures Taken by Antiochos III after Recapture of Sardis?
- Date
- Probably late 3rd century BC., Hellenistic
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN63.023
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Letter or Dossier Containing Letters, Decisions, Petitions, Subscriptiones, Honors
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
- - - - - - - ] . κ̣ατακεχωρισμέν[- τῶι δ]ήμωι φιλανθρ[ωπ- - - - - - - -
- Inscription Translation
- “[- - -] entered [- - - to the] People friendly [- - -]”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Syn
- Trench
- Syn 63
- Locus
- Syn MH Above Floor
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E47.30 / N3 *97.50 - 97.25
- Findspot
- Synagogue, Main Hall.
- Description
Fragment of the lower edge of a squared white marble stone; broken into two pieces, now joined. Toward the left, a portion of the lower surface is preserved; if this is the original surface (and not from reuse), the position of the letters shows that they were written over the join.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.05, W. 0.22, max. Th. 0.08, H. of letters 0.01–0.015.
- Comments
1 There is a tiny trace of a letter preceding KATA-, belonging perhaps to a Σ. [ἀκολούθως τοῖ]` κατακεχωρισμέν[οις ἐν τῶι ψηφίσματι] (“in accordance with the decree’s contents”; this wording, e.g., in Welles, RC, no. 31, 12–13; for καταχωρίζω, see ibid., pp. 344–45) might be a probable restoration; see no. 308, 15–16 ἀκολούθως τοῖς ἐν τῶι ψηφίσματι κατακεχωρισμένοις.
The similarity of the letters with those of nos. 307–313 makes it probable that the fragment belongs to the dossier concerning the measures of Antiochos III after his recapture of Sardis (216–214/13 BC; see Gauthier, Nouv. inscr. Sard. II, pp. 15–19).
It is not clear whether this fragment belonged to a letter or to a decree.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP