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(©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Voussoir (among collapsed blocks associated with Monumental Arch): Dedication of Statue of Dionysos
- Date
- After 212 AD? (name Aur[elius] in l. 2)., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S16.039
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Architecture, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
]\ Ι̣AỊΟ̣[ Δι]όνυσον Αὐρ. Μ[- - - - - ς ὁ ἐπ]ιστάτης τοῦ [ 4 ἀναλώσας παρ᾿] ἑαυτ[οῦ] [ἀνέστησεν].
- Inscription Translation
- “[ - - - ], Αur(elius) M[ - - -, the] supervisor of the [building(?) has put up (or: “re-established” a statue of)] Dionysos, [paying for it from] his own funds.”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- RT
- Trench
- RT 16.1
- Locus
- RT 16.1 Locus 12
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E116.1 / S22.3 *96.94
- Findspot
- Road Trench, Monumental Arch, among collapsed blocks, belonging to the west face of the arch.
- Description
Voussoir, inscribed on at least three fasciae. The right edge is preserved; the left is broken but preserved further back on the stone so the length of the lines can be estimated. In the top line about 0.15 m is lost. The block served as keystone of the west face of the main arch. L. 1 of the inscription (“A” with broken crossbar) stands on the top fascia which slants out.
- Dimensions
- W. at the top line 1.13, H. of letters 0.10.
- Comments
For the restorations, see the commentary on the similar text no. 446.
2 Dots: ·ΑΥΡ·.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP