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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 3): Revetment Inscription, ex voto (by “same donor”)
- Date
- Hardly before the last quarter of the 4th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN63.053
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Κἀμὲ ὁ [αὐτὸς - - - ἐκ] τῶν τῆς [Προνο]ίης εὐξ[ά]μενος ἐσ[κούτλωσεν].
- Inscription Translation
- “And the same (donor) [ - - - from] the gifts of Providence, having made a vow, marbled me also” (Kroll).
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Syn
- Trench
- Syn 63
- Locus
- Syn MH Above Floor
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E39 / N13.50 *96.68
- Findspot
- Synagogue, Main Hall, Bay 3, north wall.
- Description
Fragments of four panels of wall revetment of white marble. The inscription is in one line.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.29, preserved W. 1.54, H. of letters max. 0.07.
- Comments
Ameling thinks that ὁ [αὐτός] probably refers to the donor Theodoros of no. 505.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Kroll, “Inscr. Synagogue,” pp. 26–27, no. 20; and p. 76, fig. 22 (Ameling, Inscr. Jud. Or. II, pp. 255–56, no. 81; SEG 51, 1640).
- Author
- GP