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Inscribed Cylindrical Altar (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Inscribed Cylindrical Altar, Side View (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Inscribed Cylindrical Altar, Side View (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Cylindrical Altar: Altar Dedication to Zeus? by Demetrios, son of Hermogenes
- Date
- 1st century BC? (a somewhat earlier or later date is not excluded)., Hellenistic or Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- NoEx74.001
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Altar, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
]Α̣ΝΩΚΑΙΣΑΜ[ [Δ]ημήτριος Ἑρμογένου ὑπ̣[ὲρ] τοῦ [ 6–7 -ο]υ καὶ τῶν θεραπευτῶ[ν τὸν βω]μόν.
- Inscription Translation
- “ - - - Demetrios, son of Hermogenes, (dedicated) the altar on behalf of the [- - -] and of the worshipers.”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sart Mustafa
- B-Grid Coordinates
- ca. W180 - W200 / S680 - S700
- Findspot
- Found between the Pactolus River and Sart Mustafa.
- Description
Cylindrical altar of marble. There are moldings on the upper and lower ends and a hole on the upper surface. Below the inscription, an eagle is holding a thunderbolt; behind the eagle are bucrania, a garland, and three paterae. L. 1 is on the lower band of the upper cornice, and ll. 2–3 are on the column.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.54, Diam. 0.34, H. of letters 0.014.
- Comments
Errors of the provisional edition are not discussed.
1 Probably mention of the recipient of the dedication (Herrmann). Perhaps ]Χ̣ΝΩ (my reading). The depiction of the eagle with the thunderbolt points to Zeus.
3 τοῦ [Σεβαστο]ῦ would fit the space (Herrmann). For θεραπευταί, see 354 comm.
- See Also
- See also: R2, No. 161.
- Bibliography
- G. M. A. Hanfmann and N. Ramage, R2, p. 128, no. 161 (provisional edition), figs. 308–309, with references to earlier archaeological publications. P. Herrmann, Chiron 26 (1996), pp. 328–29, with photographs pp. 345–46, figs. 5–6 (SEG 46, 1530).
- Author
- GP