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Inscribed Balustrade Railing Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Balustrade Railing Fragment (from Synagogue, Forecourt): Votive Inscription, by Hippasias
- Date
- “Late in the building history of the Synagogue” (Kroll); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN62.273
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Εὐχὴ Ἱππ̣[ασίου].
- Inscription Translation
- “Vow of Hippasias.”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Syn
- Trench
- RT 62
- Locus
- Syn FC Above Floor
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E111 / N14
- Findspot
- Synagogue, Forecourt, northeastern corner.
- Description
Left end of railing of the Forecourt balustrade of white marble; broken at the right. The inscription is in one line.
- Dimensions
- H. ca. 0.15, W. 0.23, H. of letters 0.035.
- Comments
Robert thought that the fragment was “brisé à gauche et à droite” (— εὐχὴ Ἱπ[π̣ασίου?]). - For the identity of Hippasias see no. 540 comm.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- L. Robert, Nouv. inscr. Sard. I, p. 53 n. 2; Kroll, “Inscr. Synagogue,” p. 39, no. 54; and p. 105, fig. 56 (Ameling, Inscr. Jud. Or. II, p. 280, no. 120; SEG 51, 1659).
- Author
- GP