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Inscribed Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Fragment (late antique occupation layer east of Wadi B Temple terrace): Honorific Inscription
- Date
- 1st–2nd century AD? (letter shape)., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S14.043
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Honorific Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
- - - - - - - - ΙΔ̣[ Π̣Ι̣Α̣[ ἐπιμ̣[εληθέντος (?) τῆς ἀναστά]- 4 σεως̣ [ - - - - - - - -
- Inscription Translation
- “[- - - (name of a person/of persons/of an institution)] took care of the erection [of the statue of the honoree(?)].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- F55
- Trench
- F55 14.3
- Locus
- F55 14.3 Locus 13
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E783.85 / S184.75 *128.69
- Findspot
- Field 55, east side of Wadi B Temple terrace, F55 13.1 Lot 14 occupation layer, with Lot 6 water channel, over marble collapse from the late antique Spolia Wall.
- Description
Fragment of white marble; broken on all sides except for a portion of the left edge and the inscribed face. Letters with apices.
- Dimensions
- Max. H. 0.16, max. W. 0.12, max. Th. 0.05, H. of letters 0.02–0.025.
- Comments
The fragment probably belongs to the end of an honorific inscription.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP