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Inscribed Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Fragment: Honorific Inscription
- Date
- Roman Imperial period., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN59.040
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Honorific Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
[ ]Ε̣ΒΑ̣[ ] [ Σαρδια]νῶν πό- [λις - - - - τὸν ἑαυτ]ῆς εὐερ- 4 [γέτην]. vacat
- Inscription Translation
- “(The city of the Sardians honors her) benefactor.”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sart Mustafa
- Findspot
- Southeast of the mosque.
- Description
Fragment of marble; part of the right edge is preserved. Some letters bear the remains of red paint.
- Dimensions
- Max. H. 0.30, W. 0.20, Th. 0.12, H. of letters 0.025.
- Comments
The restorations are owed to L. Robert.
1–3 From Sardis’s title; l. 1 probably [ - - νεωκόρος τῶν Σ]εβα/[στῶν - - ].
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP