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Inscribed Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed 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.
- S14.076
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Honorific Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
[Τῆς πρ]ωτόχ[θο]- [νος κα]ὶ̣ ἱερᾶς τ[ῶν] [θεῶν κα]ὶ̣ μητρ[ο]- 4 [πόλεως τ]ῆ̣[ς Ἀσί]- [ας etc. ]
- Inscription Translation
- “[The Council and the People of the city of the Sardians], protochthonous and sacred to [the gods] and metropolis [of Asia - - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- F55
- Trench
- F55 14.3
- Locus
- F55 14.3 Locus 14
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E783.85 / S186.1 *128.44
- Findspot
- Field 55, east side of Wadi B Temple terrace, marble collapse in area of late antique Spolia Wall.
- Description
Fragment of white marble; broken on all sides except for the inscribed face. Letters with apices.
- Dimensions
- Max. H. 0.13, max. W. 0.13, max. Th. 0.035, H. of letters 0.02–0.025.
- Comments
The fragment belonged probably to an honorific inscription comparable, e.g., with nos. 395 and 401.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP