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Inscribed Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Fragment: Honorific Inscription for Emperor
- Date
- Roman Imperial period., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- OIN58.008
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Honorific Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
[Αὐτοκράτ]ορα Θε[ο- [ κ]αὶ σωτῆρ[α
- Inscription Translation
- “Imperator Div[- - - -] and savior [- - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- B
- Trench
- B 58
- Findspot
- Discovered in 1958 in the ruins of the excavation house of H. C. Butler. Expedition compound.
- Description
Fragment of coarse-grained white marble; the top, front, and bottom are preserved, while all other sides are broken. L. 2 is written in a recess. The letters (A with a broken bar, H with a separate horizontal stroke) are engraved rather superficially and irregularly; perhaps it was not an official inscription. The inscription’s full extent must have been considerable; it may have been the top of a wall.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.18, W. 0.37, Th. 0.30, H. of letters ca. 0.06.
- Comments
Herrmann’s text, restoration and commentary:
1 Θε[όν] or Θε[οῦ…υἱόν].
2 [κτίστην κ]αὶ…?
The emperor mentioned here may have been Hadrian.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP