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Inscribed Stele? Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Stele? Fragment: Confession Inscription?
- Date
- 2nd–3rd century AD?, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN62.227
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Stele, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
[ ]—Ω [ ] Εὐτυ- [χ- ] ἐ̣πιζη- 4 [τ- ]ου
- Inscription Translation
- “[- - -] Euty[ch- - -] demand(?) [- - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Syn
- Trench
- RT 62
- Locus
- Syn FC Above Floor
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E100 - E101 / N15 - N18 *97.50
- Findspot
- Synagogue, Forecourt.
- Description
Fragment of the right part of a stele(?) of white marble; broken on all other sides.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.13, W. 0.07, Th. 0.03, H. of letters 0.015.
- Comments
2 Possibly a name Εὐτυ/[χ- ], Herrmann.
3 Because of ἐ̣πιζη/[τ- ] (see on no. 453, 3–4) the fragment may be classified amongst the “confession inscriptions” (Herrmann).
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP