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Inscribed Base Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Base Fragment: Honorific Inscription
- Date
- 2nd–3rd century AD., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN60.044
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Statue Base, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Honorific Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
[Τῆς πρωτόχ]θονος καὶ ἱερᾶς [τῶν θεῶν κ]αὶ μητροπόλεω̣[ς] [τῆς Ἀσίας etc. ]
- Inscription Translation
- “(The Council and the People of the city of the Sardians), protochthonous and sacred to [the gods] and metropolis [of Asia - - -]”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Findspot
- Sart Mahmut.
- Description
Fragment of marble probably from the upper part of a base; broken on all sides.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.38, W. 0.57, Th. 0.26, H. of letters 0.025–0.03.
- Comments
The fragment belonged probably to an honorific inscription comparable, e.g., to nos. 395 and 401.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP