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Inscribed Fragments (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Fragments (from Synagogue, Main Hall, Bay 1): Votive Inscription, by Leontios
- 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.
- IN63.028
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Λε̣[ό]ντιος [με]τὰ τῆ[ς συμβίου - - - τὴν ε]ὐχήν̣[
- Inscription Translation
- “Leontios with his [wife - - - the] vow [ - - - ].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Syn
- Trench
- Syn 63
- Locus
- Syn MH Above Floor
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E43 / N2 *97.00
- Findspot
- Synagogue, Main Hall.
- Description
Fragments of a strip of white marble streaked with red and purple. The inscription is in one line.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.06, preserved W. of the fragments 0.425, H. of letters 0.045–0.058.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Kroll, “Inscr. Synagogue,” p. 37, no. 48; and p. 101, fig. 50 (Ameling, Inscr. Jud. Or. II, p. 277, no. 114; SEG 51, 1657 [1]).
- Author
- GP