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Inscribed Base (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Inscribed Base, In Situ (reused in late antique Spolia Wall) (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Base (reused in late antique Spolia Wall): Honorific Inscription
- Date
- 1st–2nd century AD? (letter shape)., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S15.023
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Statue Base, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Honorific Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
[ ]Ε [ ]ΑΙ [ ]Ο̣Υ 4 [ ]ΟΥ [ ]vacat [ ]vacat [ ]Σ twig 8 [ ]ΟΠΛΙ [ ]ΩΝ [ . . ]ΝΙ̣[ . . . . . . . . . . .]Τ̣ΗΝ vacat
- Inscription Translation
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- F55
- Trench
- F55 14.3
- Locus
- F55 13.1 Locus 3
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E779.60 / S184.70 *128.45
- Findspot
- Field 55, east side of Wadi B Temple terrace, built into late antique Spolia Wall.
- Description
Rectangular base of white marble. On the upper surface are three rectangular holes with channels. The inscribed face is nearly completely destroyed.
- Dimensions
- Visible H. 1.28, W. 0.56, Th. 0.55, H. of letters 0.025.
- Comments
The inscription on the base probably had an honorific character.
7 [ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμο]ς (“the Council and the People”)?
8 A form of the names Πόπλιος, Ποπλίκιος, vel sim.?
10 [τὸν εὐεργέ]τ̣ην (“the benefactor”)?
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP