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Inscribed Base (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Inscribed Base, In Situ (marble collapse in area of late antique Spolia Wall) (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Base (marble collapse in area of late antique Spolia Wall): Honorific Inscription
- Date
- 1st–2nd century AD., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S13.123
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Architecture, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Honorific Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ̣ [δ]ῆμος - - - - - - -
- Inscription Translation
- “The Council and the People [honored - - - ].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- F55
- Trench
- F55 13.1
- Locus
- F55 05.3 Locus 4
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E775.3 / S181.2 - S182.2 *128.788
- Findspot
- Field 55, east side of Wadi B Temple terrace, marble collapse in area of late antique Spolia Wall.
- Description
Upper part of a base of marble; the rear surface is broken, the rich molding heavily damaged, and the lower surface smoothed. The inscription is on the bottom of the molding and continued on the (lost) shaft below.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.33, W. ca. 0.05–0.87, max. Th. 0.28, H. of letters 0.025.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP