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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 7): Revetment Inscription, ex voto, by Aurelios Onesiphoros
- Date
- Contemporaneous with no. 516 (Kroll); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN62.097
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Αὐρ. Ὀνησιφόρο[ς] Σ[α]ρδιανὸς [μ]ετὰ τῶ[ν] υἱ̣ῶν 2 μ̣ου ἐ̣[κ τῶν τοῦ Θε?]οῦ [δωρεῶν? ἐπ]οίησα̣ τ̣ὴν ε[ὐχ]ήν.
- Inscription Translation
- “Aurelios Onesiphoros, citizen of Sardis, with my sons [from the gifts of God?] I executed the vow” (mostly after Kroll).
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Syn
- Trench
- RT 62
- Locus
- Syn MH Above Floor
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E87 / N14 *96.50
- Findspot
- Synagogue, Main Hall, Bay 7, north wall.
- Description
Fragments of four panels of wall revetment of white marble. The inscription is in two lines (“exceptionally mannered lettering,” Kroll).
- Dimensions
- Max. H. 0.23, W. including gaps between fragments ca. 1.35, H. of letters 0.04–0.05.
- Comments
Kroll’s restorations.
1 Mark of abbreviation after Αὐρ. The fragment that contains these letters, along with the abbreviation sign and the remains of μου (l. 2), is the only one published by L. Robert, Nouv. inscr. Sard. I, p. 53, no. 9, pl. X.
2 Ameling envisages the possibility of the sons being named: Ε[ . . ., . . . ]ου. - [δωρεῶν?]: or [δομάτων]?
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Kroll, “Inscr. Synagogue,” p. 31, no. 30; and p. 85, fig. 32 (Ameling, Inscr. Jud. Or. II, p. 263, no. 91; SEG 51, 1647; AE 2001, 1883).
- Author
- GP