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Inscribed Base (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Base: Honorific Inscription for Poplicius Nikephoros
- Date
- 2nd century AD?, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- NoEx86.019
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Architecture, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Honorific Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Ἀγαθῇ v τύχῃ· Ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἐτείμησεν Ποπλίκιον Νεικηφόρον 4 ἱππικόν, βουλευτήν, ἔνδο- ξον εἰρήναρχον καὶ φιλό- τειμον ἀγορανόμον, θέντα ἔλαιον τῇ γλυκυτάτῃ πατρίδι. 8 Α - - - - - - - -
- Inscription Translation
- “Good luck! The Council and the People honored Poplicius Nikephoros, member of the equestrian order, councilor, famous police officer and zealous agoranomos who sent oil to his well-beloved native city.”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- B-Grid Coordinates
- ca. E570 / S70
- Findspot
- West of vaulted substructure west of Building A.
- Description
Upper part of a base of gray marble; in the middle of the rear there is a rough, 0.22 m deep, protrusion. The upper end is formed by a simple molding, on which ll. 1–2 are written. There are holes for feet on the upper surface.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.34, dimensions of the smoothed upper surface: max. W. 0.69, Th. 0.61, H. of letters 0.025–0.03.
- Comments
2 Ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἐτείμησεν: plural subject with singular verb, a frequent inconsistency; see no. 339, 1–2 comm.
5 For the eirenarchos, see L. Robert, Op. Min. II, pp. 878–80, and Et. anat.., pp. 96–110.
8 The isolated A, which “intrudes” into l. 7 could be written over a lost eighth line that followed after a larger vacat.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP