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Inscribed Block (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Block (reused as Corinthian Capital): Honorific Inscription for Caracalla and Geta?
- Date
- 211–212 AD?, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN67.013
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Architecture, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Honorific Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
- - - - - - [ οἰκεία] [τῶν κυρίων ἡμῶν αὐ]- 1 [τοκρα]τόρων ἡ̣ λ̣[αμ]- [πρ]οτάτη Σαρδια[νῶν] [π]όλις τὸν ἴδιον κ[ύρι]- 4 [ον] κ̣α̣[ὶ] κ̣τ[ί]σ̣τ̣ην καὶ ε[ὐ]- vac. ερ̣γέτην. leaf
- Inscription Translation
- “The most conspicuous city of the Sardians [- - - relative of our lords] Emperors (honors) [the Emperor - - -] as her lord and founder and benefactor.”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- PA
- Trench
- PA/E
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E115 / N53
- Findspot
- Bath-Gymnasium Complex, Palaestra, built into wall at east gate.
- Description
Block of marble transformed into a Corinthian capital; broken on all sides except for the bottom. The inscription has been superficially erased.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.56, W. 0.70, Th. 0.28, H. of letters ca. 0.04.
- Comments
Herrmann’s text and restorations. Summary of his commentary:
1–3 (+ preceding lines) The titulature of Sardis resembles the one of no. 389 (there, ll. 12–13, with singular οἰκεία τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοκράτορος). Here, the plural [αὐτοκρα]τόρων (cf. no. 419, 9) points to a joint reign—probably that of Caracalla and Geta. The latter may have been the honoree; after his damnatio memoriae the monument would have been removed and reused.
3 τὸν ἴδιον κ[ύριον]…: see no. 389, 14–15 comm.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP