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Inscribed Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Inscribed Fragment, detail (©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.
- S14.082
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Honorific Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
- - - - - [προνοησα]μ̣ένου [τῆς ἀν]αστάσεως [Ῥο]ύ̣φου τοῦ τρο- 4 vac. φέως. vac.
- Inscription Translation
- “[- - - Ru]fus, the (honoree’s) foster-father, took care of the erection (of the monument).”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- F55
- Trench
- F55 14.3
- Locus
- F55 14.3 Locus 14
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E784.5 / S185.5 *128.73
- 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
Two joining fragments of the lower portion of a base of white marble; broken above and on the left. The inscription stood in a rectangular field surrounded by a molding, of which only damaged parts of the right and lower edges are preserved. The side faces also had similar rectangular fields surrounded by molding; only the lower portion of the right side is preserved; the left is completely lost.
- Dimensions
- Max. H. 1.04, max. W. 0.60, Th. ca. 0.67, average H. of letters 0.03.
- Comments
1 [προνοησα]μ̣ένου: or [ἐπιμελησα]μ̣ένου. - -νου: a small Y is inscribed within the O.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP