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Inscribed Fragments (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed (Latin) Block Fragment: Honorific Inscription for Diocletian
- Date
- 284–305 AD., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN59.012
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Honorific Inscription
- Inscription language
- Latin
- Inscription Text
D(omino) n(ostro) Di[ocletiano] pio felici [invicto] vv semper A[ugusto] 4 [ . . . . . ]TATHII[ ] - - - - - -
- Inscription Translation
- “For our lord Di[ocletianus], Pius Felix [invictus] always A[ugustus - - - ].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- B
- Trench
- Screen Colonnade 59
- B-Grid Coordinates
- *97.5
- Findspot
- Bath-Gymnasium, in and around the Marble Court.
- Description
Two joining fragments of brownish-white marble. The left piece (a) preserves a portion of the upper and left edges; the right piece (b) is broken on all sides.
- Dimensions
- H. of the inscribed face 0.26, W. of the inscribed face: 0.32, max. Th. 0.09, H. of letters 0.035.
- Comments
1–3 “[Die Lesung] scheint mir sicher, auch wenn der Text so bislang nicht für Diokletian bezeugt ist, dafür aber für andere Herrscher der Zeit” (M. Clauss, per litt.).
4 It seems that there is not sufficient space for the restoration [ἡ λαμπρο]τάτη.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished; (a): Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP