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Inscribed Base Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Base Fragment (marble collapse in area of late antique Spolia Wall): Honorific Inscription?
- Date
- 1st–2nd century AD? (letter shape)., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S14.068
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Statue Base, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Honorific Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Ἀγαθῇ [τύχῃ]
- Inscription Translation
- “Good luck!”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- F55
- Trench
- F55 14.3
- Locus
- F55 14.3 Locus 19
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E779.5 / S184.8 *128.89
- Findspot
- Field 55, east side of Wadi B Temple terrace, marble collapse in area of late antique Spolia Wall.
- Description
Fragment of an element of white marble that was put on top of a quadrangular base; broken on all sides except for portions of the smoothed front and lower faces. The inscription is under the heavily damaged molding.
- Dimensions
- Max. H. 0.165, max. W. 0.26, max. Th. 0.09, H. of letters 0.038 [first A]–0.035.
- Comments
The fragment belonged probably to an honorific inscription, cf. nos. 380 and 387.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP