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Three fragments of honorific inscription. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Detail of red paint on inscription. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Inscription fragment (not included in main photo). (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Fragments (marble collapse in area of late antique Spolia Wall): Honorific Inscription for Diogenianos
- Date
- 2nd century AD?, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN05.009
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Honorific Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
(a) [Ἀγαθῇ τύ]χῃ· [ ] Δ̣ιογενι- [αν- Διογεν]ιανὸν Α 4 [ ]ΟΝΤΩΝ ἐν [τῇ λαμπρο]τ̣άτῃ Σαρ- [διανῶν μη]τροπόλει [ ]ΝΚΑΙΥ 8 [ ]ΝΗΤ[ ] (b) ]ΔΥ[ ]ΑΠΟ[ ]Ι̣[
- Inscription Translation
- “[Good] luck! Diogeni[anos - - Diogen]ianos - - - in the most conspicuous metropolis of the Sardians - -”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- F55
- Trench
- F55 05.3
- Locus
- F55 05.3 Locus 4
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E771.2 - E776 / S185 *130
- Findspot
- Field 55, east side of Wadi B Temple terrace, marble collapse in area of late antique Spolia Wall.
- Description
Two non-joining fragments of marble; only parts of the upper and right edges of fragment (a) are preserved.
- Dimensions
- [A] H. 0.40, W. 0.29, Th. 0.26, H. of letters 0.035.
- Comments
4 -όντων: perhaps the end of a participle.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP