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    Inscribed Revetment Fragments (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Inscribed Revetment Fragments (from Synagogue, Main Hall, Bay 7): Revetment Inscription, by Septimios(?)

Monograph 14: Sardis: Greek and Latin Inscriptions, Part II: Finds from 1958 to 2017 (2019) Cat. 514
Date
Hardly before the last quarter of the 4th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating., Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
IN62.183
Material
Marble, Stone
Object Type
Inscription
Inscription Type
Religious Inscription
Inscription language
Greek
Inscription Text
		Σεπ̣[τίμ?]ιος Σ[αρδιανὸς  - - - ]ΕΥΗ[ - - - ]ΘΕΝ[ - - - ]
Inscription Translation
“Septimios(?), [citizen of Sardis - - - ]” (Kroll).
Inscription Comment
Site
Sardis
Sector
Syn
Trench
RT 62
Locus
Syn FC Above Floor, Syn MH Above Floor
B-Grid Coordinates
E100 - E101 / N15 - N18 *97.50
Findspot
Synagogue, Main Hall, Bay 7, and East Road portico.
Description
Fragments of four panels of wall revetment of white marble. The inscription is in one line (“exceptionally mannered lettering,” Kroll).
Dimensions
Preserved max. H. 0.29, preserved W. 0.52, H. of letters 0.09.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Kroll, “Inscr. Synagogue,” p. 29, no. 27; and p. 82, fig. 29 (Ameling, Inscr. Jud. Or. II, p. 260, no. 88; SEG 51, 1644).
Author
GP

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