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Inscribed Plaque Fragments (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Plaque Fragments: Honorific Inscription
- Date
- 1st–2nd century AD., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN62.024
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Honorific Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
(a) - - - ]Α̣Π̣Ο̣[ ]ΤΟΥΡ[ ]ΝΟΥ[ - - - (b) - - - ]ΑΥ[ ]Ι̣ΑΤΡ[ ] εὐεργ̣[ε- - - -
- Inscription Translation
- (b) 2 Was the πατρίς, the “native city,” mentioned?
3 ΕΥΕΡΓ̣[ ]: showing the only Y without a horizontal crossbar in the middle. Cf., e.g.,Sardis VII 1 , no. 60, 8–11: τὸν [τῆ]ς πατρίδος [κα]ὶ ἑαυτῶν εὐεργέτην. - Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- PN
- Trench
- PN
- B-Grid Coordinates
- W230 / S376 *91.20
- Findspot
- Pactolus North, (a) to the south of Church E, reused for decoration.
- Description
Two non-joining fragments of a plaque of white marble with red spots; broken on all sides except for the inscribed and rear faces; they correspond vertically. It is unclear whether (a) stood above (b) or vice versa.
- Dimensions
- Th. 0.03, H. of letters 0.03; (a) H. 0.17, W. 0.14; (b) H. 0.17, W. 0.135.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP