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Inscribed Fragments (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Fragments (marble collapse in area of late antique Spolia Wall): Honorific Inscription for Marcus, a legatus pro praetore
- Date
- 1st–2nd century AD., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S13.121
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Honorific Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
[ vac. ]ς vac. [ ] Μᾶρκον [ . . . ]ΟΝ[ ] . Α̣ πρεσ- 4 [βευτ]ὴ[ν καὶ (?) ἀντισ]τρά- [τ]η̣γον Τ̣[ ]Ι̣Ι̣ ΡΟΣΣΕ[ ] ἀ̣διαλε̣[ιπτ- ] 8 [πο]λιν Ε[ ] vacat
- Inscription Translation
- “[ - - - ] Marcus [ - - - ] legatus [Augusti?] pro praetore [ - - - ] continuous [ - - - ] city(?) [ - - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- F55
- Trench
- F55 13.1
- Locus
- F55 05.3 Locus 4
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E773.35 / S179 *129.028
- Findspot
- Field 55, east side of Wadi B Temple terrace, marble collapse in area of late antique Spolia Wall.
- Description
Two non-joining fragments of marble, the upper right one with a damaged molding above, broken on the left and lower sides; the lower left one is broken on all sides except for a small portion of the left edge.
- Dimensions
- Th. ca. 0.20, H. of letters l. 1 0.028 – l. 2ff. 0.022; upper right frag. H. 0.30; max. W. 0.28; lower left frag. max. H. of the inscribed surface 0.35; max. W. of the inscribed surface 0.20.
- Comments
1 In larger script: [ὁ δῆμο]ς̣(?)
5–6 τ̣[οῦ Καίσα]/ρος Σε[βαστοῦ]? There are faint traces at the end of l. 5 which look like the remains of two vertical strokes.
7–8 cf. no. 330, 3–5: [διὰ τὰς ἀδι]αλείπτους αὐτ[οῦ εἰς τὴν] πόλιν εὐεργ[εσίας].
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP