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Inscribed Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Fragment (from Synagogue, Forecourt): Votive? Inscription mentioning a presbyter
- 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.
- IN63.066
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
- - - ]vac. πρεσ[βύτερος - - -
- Inscription Translation
- “[ - - - ] Elder [ - - - ].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Syn
- Trench
- Syn 63
- Locus
- Syn FC Above Floor
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E110 / N2 *96.75
- Findspot
- Synagogue, Forecourt, southeastern corner.
- Description
Fragment of a strip of white marble; cut diagonally at its left edge and broken at the right. The inscription is in one line.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.016, W. 0.07, H. of letters 0.012.
- Comments
My reading from the photograph; [ - - - ]Ι πρεσ[βύτερος - - - ], edd.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Kroll, “Inscr. Synagogue,” p. 38, no. 52; and p. 103, fig. 54 (Ameling, Inscr. Jud. Or. II, p. 279, no. 118; SEG 51, 1657 [5]).
- Author
- GP