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Inscribed Base (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Inscribed Base, In Situ (reused in wall? In south scarp of Field 55) (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Base (reused in wall In south scarp of Field 55): Honorific Inscription for Aurelius Hermippos
- Date
- Earlier 3rd century AD? (“Aurelius” in l. 3)., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S15.052
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Statue Base, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Honorific Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Ἡ Ἡράκλειος γερουσ[ία] [κ]αὶ ὁ γυμνασίαρχος ΣΑ[ ] [Ῥο]υφε̣ῖνος Αὐρ(ήλιον) Ἕρμιππο[ν] 4 δὶς Σαρδιανόν.
- Inscription Translation
- “The Herakles-Gerousia and the gymnasiarchos Sa[l(vius?)
R]ufinus (have honored the) Sardian citizen Aur(elius) Hermippos, son of Hermippos.” - Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- F55
- Trench
- F55 15.3
- Locus
- F55 15.3 Locus 33
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E778 - E778.6 / S188.65 - S189.25 *128.1
- Findspot
- Field 55, east side of Wadi B Temple terrace, built into wall or other feature in south scarp of trench.
- Description
Base of white marble. There is a molding at the top. The base has partly been retouched.
- Dimensions
- Visible H. 0.91, W. 0.52, Th. 0.60, H. of letters 0.02–0.025.
- Comments
1 cf. Sardis VII 1, no. 17, 2: γυμνασίῳ γερουσι[ακῷ]. The Ἡράκλειος γερουσία was probably the γερουσία of the Ἡράκλειον γυμνάσιον, the latter being known, e.g., in Sebennytos (SB 1, 1106: οἱ ἐκ τοῦ γυμνασίου τοῦ Ἡρακλείου Μακεδόνες, etc.); cf. Ἡρακλείου γυμνασιάρχου (BCH 1925, p. 81, no. 8, Delphi).
2–3 Probably Σά[λ(ουιος) Ῥο]υφε̣ῖνος. Rufinus was perhaps γυμνασίαρχος τῶν γερόντων (cf. Sardis VII 1, no. 8, 52).
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP