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Inscribed Revetment Fragments (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Plaque Fragments (from Synagogue, Main Hall, Bay 7): Votive Inscription, by Aurelios Hermogenes, councilor, goldsmith
- Date
- Hardly before the last quarter of the 4th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN62.061
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
[Αὐρ. Ἑ]ρμογ[ένης Σ]αρδιανὸ[ς] [βουλε]υ̣τὴς [χρυσο]χόος 3 [ἐπλήρ]ωσα τ[ὴν εὐχ]ήν. leaf
- Inscription Translation
- “Aurelios Hermogenes, citizen of Sardis, councilor, goldsmith, I fulfilled the vow.”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Syn
- Trench
- RT 62
- Locus
- Syn MH Above Floor
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E85 - E90 / N1 - N6 to *96.60
- Findspot
- Synagogue, Main Hall, Bay 7, south and east walls.
- Description
Fragments of a plaque of white marble.
- Dimensions
- Max. H. 0.34, preserved W. of the fragments: 0.36, H. of letters 0.03.
- Comments
1 For another Αὐρ. Ἑρμογένης Σαρδ(ιανός) see no. 553; he is probably not identical to the present person.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- L. Robert, Nouv. inscr. Sard. I, p. 55, no. 14, pl. VII; Kroll, “Inscr. Synagogue,” pp. 34–35, no. 37, with further references; and p. 92, fig. 39 (Ameling, Inscr. Jud. Or. II, p. 268, no. 98, with further references; AE 2001, 1886).
- Author
- GP