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Inscribed Pillar (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Inscribed Pillar, In Situ (reused in late antique spolia wall) (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Pillar (reused in late antique Spolia Wall): Honorific Inscription, by Doros Flavianus
- Date
- 1st–2nd century AD., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S13.146
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Architecture, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Honorific Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Δ̣ῶρος Φλαβια- ν̣ὸς ἀσιάρχης τ̣ὸν ἑαυτοῦ εὐ- 4 εργέτην.
- Inscription Translation
- “The asiarch Doros Flavianus honored (the person named in the lost part) as his benefactor.”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- F55
- Trench
- F55 13.1
- Locus
- F55 13.1 Locus 3
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E776.5 / S183.6 *128.568
- Findspot
- Field 55, east side of Wadi B Temple terrace, built into late antique Spolia Wall.
- Description
Pillar of marble; partly damaged above, broken below. The inscribed surface extends 0.48 m to 0.70 m from the upper edge.
- Dimensions
- H. 1.73, W. ca. 0.52, visible Th. ca. 0.47, average H. of letters 0.035.
- Comments
1 cf. TAM V 3, 1901, 3–4 Δῶρος Σαρδιανός.
The certainly high-ranking person, honored by an asiarch who had benefitted from his favor, was named in a lost part of the monument.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP