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Inscribed Base Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Base Fragment (marble collapse in area of late antique Spolia Wall): Honorific Inscription for Wife of High-Ranking Person
- Date
- 1st–2nd century AD? (letter shape)., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S13.140
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Statue Base, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Honorific Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
- - - - - - - - - [ ]Α [ ]Τ̣ΗΣ [ ]ΑΙ 4 [ ]Τ̣ΟΔΕ [ Υ]Π̣ΑΤΟΥ [ γυ]ναῖκα [ ]λιανοῦ 8 [ ] τοῦ πρε- [σβ- τῆς Ἀ]σίας [ ] vacat
- Inscription Translation
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- F55
- Trench
- F55 13.1
- Locus
- F55 05.3 Locus 4
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E776.85 / S176.7 *128.018
- Findspot
- Field 55, east side of Wadi B Temple terrace, marble collapse in area of late antique Spolia Wall.
- Description
Fragment of a base of white marble, only a portion of the right edge with molding is preserved; broken on the other sides.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.55, max. W. 0.28, max. Th. 0.18, H. of letters 0.028.
- Comments
This fragment belonged probably to the honorific inscription for the “wife” (l. 6 [γυ]ναῖκα) of a high-ranking person, whose name may have ended in -λιανός (l. 7).
2 H is squeezed as a small letter between Τ̣ and Σ.
5 [ἀνθυ]π̣άτου or [ὑ]π̣άτου?
8–9 τοῦ πρε/[σβευτοῦ] or τοῦ πρε/[σβυτέρου]?
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP