• m14-341-10
    Inscribed Stele Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Inscribed Stele Fragment: Honorific Inscription for Statue of Gaius Iulius Quadratus Machairion

    Monograph 14: Sardis: Greek and Latin Inscriptions, Part II: Finds from 1958 to 2017 (2019) Cat. 341
    Date
    1st century AD? (letter shape)., Roman
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    IN66.008
    Material
    Marble, Stone
    Object Type
    Stele, Inscription
    Inscription Type
    Honorific Inscription
    Inscription language
    Greek
    Inscription Text
    	0	[Ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆ]-
	1	[μ]ο̣ς̣ [ἐτείμησεν]
		τὸν ἑαυτῶν̣ [σωτῆ]-
		ρα καὶ κτίστη[ν Γάι]-
	4	ον Ἰούλιον Κο[υα]-
		δρᾶτον Μαχα[ιρίω]-
		να.
    Inscription Translation
    “[The Council and the] People [have honored] Gaius Iulius Quadratus Machairion, their savior and founder.”
    Inscription Comment
    Site
    Sardis
    B-Grid Coordinates
    E109 / S497
    Findspot
    South of CW32, north of Şeytan Deresi.
    Description
    Fragment of a stele of white marble, broken above and below; the carefully smoothed left and right faces are only partly preserved.
    Dimensions
    Max. H. 0.38, W. 0.55, max. Th. 0.18, H. of letters 0.035.
    Comments
    The inscription can be restored after no. 339, where the same person is honored; see also no. 340.
    See Also
    Bibliography
    Unpublished.
    Author
    GP

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