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Inscribed Pillar (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Pillar: Honorific Inscription for Publius Petronius, Proconsul
- Date
- 34/35 AD., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S15.054
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Statue Base, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Honorific Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
ὁ δῆμος ἐ[τείμησεν] Πόπλιον Πετρών[ιον τὸν ἀν]- θύπατον τὸ ς´ v [διὰ τὰς ἀδι]- 4 αλείπτους αὐτ[οῦ εἰς τὴν] πόλιν v εὐεργ[εσίας].
- Inscription Translation
- “The People honored Publius Petronius, [the] proconsul for the sixth time, [because of his] unceasing benefactions [toward the] city.”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- F55
- Trench
- F55 15.3
- Locus
- F55 16.1 Locus 96
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E784.74 - E785.49 / S184.8 - S186.5 *127.65
- Findspot
- Field 55, east side of the Wadi B Temple terrace, probably fallen from the eastward continuation of the late antique Spolia Wall, F55 13.1 Locus 3; reused as an upright jamb in the gate here.
- Description
Pillar of white marble. For secondary use, a channel (W. ca. 0.20), that runs parallel to the right edge has been carved.
- Dimensions
- Visible H. 1.97, min. W. 0.70, Th. 0.64, H. of letters l. 1, 0.035; ll. 2–5, 0.025.
- Comments
2 It seems that after Πετρών[ιον], except for the five restored letters [τὸν ἀν]-, there may be room left for another vacat (see ll. 3 and 5).
“Proconsul Asiae per sex annos…; …inde ab anno 29 usque ad 35,” K. Wachtel, PIR2 P 269, with references; cf. D. Magie, Roman Rule, p. 1364 and U. Vogel-Weidemann, Die Statthalter von Africa und Asia in den Jahren 14–68 n. Chr. (1982), pp. 274–80, no. 38, both with references; Chr. Marek, Geschichte Kleinasiens in der Antike (2010), p. 830.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- GP