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    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Unpublished.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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