The Archaeological Exploration of Sardis

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

Date

1st–2nd century AD? (letter shape)., Roman

Sardis or Museum Inv. No.

S14.064

Material

Marble, Stone

Object Type

Statue Base, Inscription

Inscription Type

Honorific Inscription

Inscription language

Greek

Inscription Text

		-     -     -     -     -
		[        ] τὸ[ν ἑαυτ-  ]
		[   εὐ]εργέ[την].
		        vacat

Inscription Translation

“[ - - - his / her / their] benefactor.”

Inscription Comment

Site

Sardis

Sector

F55

Trench

F55 14.3

Locus

F55 14.3 Locus 19

B-Grid Coordinates

E779.5 - E781.6 / S182.95 - S187

Findspot

Field 55, east side of Wadi B Temple terrace, marble collapse in area of late antique Spolia Wall.

Description

Right lower corner probably of a base of white marble; elsewhere broken.

Dimensions

Max. H. 0.21, max. W. 0.135, max. Th. 0.14, H. of letters 0.025.

Comments

Probably the end of an honorific inscription.

See Also

Bibliography

Unpublished.

Author