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Inscribed Voussoir (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Voussoir: Building Inscription Dedicated to the gods and an Antonine or Severan Emperor
- Date
- Antonine or Severan period (138–235 AD)., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN63.129
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Architecture, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Building Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
]vac. Θεοῖς [ ] Ἀντωνίνῳ Σ[εβαστῷ ? ]vv σεν Τ̣ . - [
- Inscription Translation
- “For the Gods [- - -] Antoninus A[ugustus - - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Syn
- Trench
- Syn 63
- Locus
- Syn MH Above Floor
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E57 / N5.5 *98.00
- Findspot
- Synagogue, Main Hall, southern side.
- Description
Marble voussoir from a vault, perhaps the central stone of an arch if Θεοῖς occupied the center. The inscription is given in curbed lines on the three fasciae. It is not possible to reconstruct with certainty the original length of ll. 2–3.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.78, W. 0.51, Th. 0.55, H. of letters l. 1 0.055; l. 2 0.045; l. 3 0.04.
- Comments
Herrmann’s text and restorations. Summary of his commentary:
The fragment may belong to a building inscription beginning with the words Θεοῖς [πατρίοις καὶ…] like no. 419. The addressee of the dedication, Ἀντωνίνῳ, points either to Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus, or Commodus, or to Caracalla or Elagabalus (the latter two emperors normally had Pius Felix -Εὐσεβὴς Εὐτυχής- after “Antoninus”).
3 σεν Τ̣, followed by traces of two letters ([καθιέρω]/σεν τ̣[ῇ] π̣[όλει?), my reading; perhaps κατεσκεύα]-σεν ἐ̣π̣[ὶ …], Herrmann.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP