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Inscribed Revetment Fragments (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Inscribed Revetment Fragments (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Revetment Fragments (from Synagogue, Main Hall, Bay 2): Revetment Inscription, by Theodoros, ex voto
- Date
- Hardly before the last quarter of the 4th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN63.080
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Θεόδ[ωρ]ος μ̣[ετὰ τῆς συμβίου α]ὐτοῦ καὶ̣ [τῶν τέκνων? - - ] ὑπὲρ [εὐχῆς ἐσκούτλω]σεν.
- Inscription Translation
- “Theodoros with his wife and [children? - - ] in fulfillment [of a vow executed the revetment].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Syn
- Trench
- Syn 63
- Locus
- Syn MH Above Floor
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E49 - E50 / N16 *96.75 - 96.25
- Findspot
- Synagogue, Main Hall, Bay 2, north wall.
- Description
Fragments of five panels of white marble wall revetment. “The face of the last panel is grooved with a lozenge-shaped molding” (Kroll). The inscription is in one line.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.24, preserved W. 1.43, H. of letters ca. 0.07.
- Comments
Kroll’s supplements, if not otherwise mentioned.
ὑπὲρ [εὐχῆς ἐσκούτλω]σεν: Ameling who considers, apart from Kroll’s [ἐποίη?]σεν, also [ἐπλήρω]σεν, [ἐτέλε]σεν.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Kroll, “Inscr. Synagogue,” p. 26, no. 18; and p. 74, fig. 20 (Ameling, Inscr. Jud. Or. II, pp. 254–55, no. 79; SEG 51, 1638).
- Author
- GP