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Inscribed Fragments (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Fragments (from Synagogue, Forecourt): Votive? Inscription
- Date
- Hardly before the end of the 4th century AD, perhaps later (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN62.189
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
- - - ] . Χ̣[ - - - ἐπλ]ήρω[σα /-σε 2 - - ] τὸ ἔρ[γον - - -
- Inscription Translation
- “[ - - - ] executed the work [ - - - ].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Syn
- Trench
- RT 62
- Locus
- Syn FC Above Floor
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E98 / N2 *97.25
- Findspot
- Synagogue, Forecourt, southwestern corner.
- Description
Joining fragments of two segments of marble.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.34, H. of letters 0.10; one broken at both ends (W. 0.21), the other broken at right (W. 0.28).
- Comments
1 Ameling’s proposal (in the app.) of [ὑπὲρ εὐ]χ[ῆς ἐπλ]ήρω[σα /-σεν?] is not in accordance with the remains of the letter preceding X.
2 Perhaps τὸ ἔρ[γον τῆς σκουτλώσεως] vel sim., Ameling, app.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Kroll, “Inscr. Synagogue,” p. 36, no. 44; and p. 97, fig. 46 (Ameling, Inscr. Jud. Or. II, p. 275, no. 110; SEG 51, 1656 [1]).
- Author
- GP