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Inscribed Block Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Block Fragment: Honorific Inscription
- Date
- 2nd–3rd century AD (see no. 397, 5 comm.)., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- NoEx08.003
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Honorific Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
[Τῆς πρωτόχθονος καὶ ἱερᾶς τῶν θεῶν καὶ] 1 [μητροπόλεως τῆ]ς Ἀσίας κὲ [Λυδίας ἁπάση]ς καὶ Ἑλλά- [δος καὶ δὶς (?) νεω]κόρου τῶ[ν] 4 [Σεβαστῶν κα]τὰ τὰ δόγμα- [τα τῆς ἱερᾶς συγκλήτου - - -]
- Inscription Translation
- “[(The Council and the People) of the city of the Sardians, protochthonous and sacred to the gods and metropolis] of Asia and [of all Lydia] and of Hellas, [and keeper of two(?) Koinon temples] of the [Augusti] by virtue of the decrees [of the sacred Senate - - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Bldg D
- Findspot
- Building D, near northeast pier.
- Description
Upper right corner of a block of marble. The slightly rough right side is unbroken. The upper side is smooth; another block was probably originally placed above this one. There are traces of red paint in the letters.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.18, W. top 0.21, bottom 0.24, Th. 0.17, H. of letters ca. 0.04.
- Comments
3 [δὶς νεω]κόρου: or [τρὶς νεω]κόρου? See no. 404, 4 comm.
The fragment belonged probably to an honorific inscription comparable to no. 395, where one has also, like here in ll. 1–2, the “coexistence” of κέ (in ligature) and καί.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP