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Inscribed Plaque Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Plaque 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.
- S14.035
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Honorific Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
- - - - - - - - ΣΟΝ[ ἀγορα(?)]- νόμον κ[ ] - - - - - - - -
- Inscription Translation
- “[- - - agora(?)]nomos [- - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- F55
- Trench
- F55 14.3
- Locus
- F55 14.3 Locus 19
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E781.68 / S184.77 *128.34
- Findspot
- Field 55, east side of Wadi B Temple terrace, marble collapse in area of late antique Spolia Wall.
- Description
Fragment of a plaque of white marble; broken on all sides except for a portion of the upper and left edges. Letters with apices.
- Dimensions
- Max. H. 0.11, max. W. 0.23, max. Th. 0.04, H. of letters 0.03.
- Comments
The accusative [ἀγορα(?)]νόμον ([οἰκο]νόμον?, etc.) suggests that the fragment belonged to an honorific inscription; see, e.g., no. 380, 6.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP