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Inscribed Fragments (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Fragments (from Synagogue, Main Hall): 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.
- IN63.065
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
] Φιλομ[ - - - ]ΥΠΟΜΑΤ[ - - - ]
- Inscription Translation
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Syn
- Trench
- Syn 63
- Locus
- Syn MH Above Floor
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E51 - E51.1 / N14.15 - N14.20 *97.50
- Findspot
- Synagogue, Main Hall, western end.
- Description
Two segments of a strip of pitted white marble. The inscription is in one line.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.06, preserved W. of the fragments 0.33, H. of letters 0.035–0.05.
- Comments
Φιλομ[ ]: perhaps the beginning of a name (Ameling).
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Kroll, “Inscr. Synagogue,” p. 38, no. 49; and p. 101, fig. 51 (Ameling, Inscr. Jud. Or. II, pp. 277–78, no. 115; SEG 51, 1657 [2]).
- Author
- GP