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Inscribed Base Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Base Fragment: Honorific Inscription for Antonine or Severan Emperor?
- Date
- Roman Imperial period (reign of an Antonine or Severan emperor?)., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- OIN58.050
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Statue Base, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Honorific Inscription
- Inscription language
- Latin
- Inscription Text
] I Imp. Mạ[rc-
- Inscription Translation
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Findspot
- Discovered in 1958 in the ruins of the excavation house of H. C. Butler.
- Description
Fragment of the top of a base of white marble with cornice; the bottom is smoothed, and all other sides are broken.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.24, W. 0.28, Th. 0.24, H. of letters 0.04.
- Comments
Herrmann’s text, restoration, and commentary:
Above the traces of the first letter there seem to be the remains of a horizontal stroke, perhaps a sign of an abbreviation [D(ominum)] ṇ(ostrum)? - Imp.: I exceeds the average letter height.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP