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Inscribed Stele Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Stele Fragment: Votive Dedication to the Holy and Just God
- Date
- 2nd–3rd century AD?, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN72.015
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Stele, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Θεῷ Ὁ[σίῳ καὶ Δι]- κ̣αίῳ Συλ[- ] [ . . ε]ὐ̣χὴν Ε[ ] 4 [ . . . . . .] . . [ ] - - - -
- Inscription Translation
- “Syl[- put up the stele as] ex-voto for the Holy and Just God.”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- B
- Trench
- Syn W 72
- Locus
- B BE-C
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E19.57 / N16.52 *96.66
- Findspot
- Bath-Gymnasium Complex.
- Description
Fragment of the left part of a stele of white marble; broken on all sides.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.12, W. 0.18, Th. 0.04, H. of letters 0.018.
- Comments
Herrmann’s supplements.
Herrmann underlines the fact that this inscription seems to be the first testimony for the Holy and Just God in Sardis. There was probably an influence from northeastern Lydia where this cult was widespread; see M. Ricl, EpAnat 18 (1991), pp. 1–70 and EpAnat 19 (1992), pp. 71–102; Petzl, EpAnat 20 (1992), p. 143; EpAnat 31 (1999), pp. 99–102; and id., Die Beichtinschriften im römischen Kleinasien und der Fromme und Gerechte Gott (1998 = Nordrh. Westf. Akademie d. Wiss., Vorträge G 355); TAM V 3, 1637; Malay, Manisa Museum, nos. 177–82; id., Researches, no. 158; and Malay and Petzl, New Religious Texts, no. 91.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP