The Archaeological Exploration of Sardis

Inscribed Base Fragments (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Inscribed Plaque Fragments (marble collapse in area of late antique Spolia Wall): Honorific Inscription

Date

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

Sardis or Museum Inv. No.

S13.081

Material

Marble, Stone

Object Type

Inscription

Inscription Type

Honorific Inscription

Inscription language

Greek

Inscription Text

		-     -     -     -     - 
		           ]φι̣λ̣[
		       ἀ]σιάρχη[-
		]Ι̣ΑΣ τὸν φίλ̣[ον].
		       vacat

Inscription Translation

“[ - - - ] (name containing -phil-?) [ - - - ] asiarches [ - - - (name?) -]as (honored) his friend.”

Inscription Comment

Site

Sardis

Sector

F55

Trench

F55 13.1

Locus

F55 05.3 Locus 4, F55 13.1 Locus 10

B-Grid Coordinates

E775.2 / S185.3 *129.768

Findspot

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

Description

Four joining fragments of a plaque of white marble; only the lower right fragment has preserved a portion of the right edge. Letters with apices.

Dimensions

Max. H. 0.47, max. W. 0.55, max. Th. 0.28, H. of letters 0.03, interlinear space 0.03.

Comments

End of an honorific inscription; either the person honoring his friend (cf. no. 346) or the honoree was an asiarches.

3 Ι̣ΑΣ: -ίας, -γᾶς, -νᾶς? - Dot: Ι̣ΑΣ · ΤΟΝ

See Also

Bibliography

Unpublished.

Author