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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 sons of Markos
- Date
- “Late in the building history of the Synagogue” (Kroll); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN62.091
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
vac. Υἱῶν Μάρκου [ - - - ]
- Inscription Translation
- “Of the sons of Markos [- - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Syn
- Trench
- RT 62
- Locus
- Syn FC Above Floor
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E94 - E94.50 / N4 - N7 *96.50
- Findspot
- Synagogue, Forecourt, southwestern corner.
- Description
Left end of the railing of the Forecourt balustrade of white marble; broken at the right. The inscription is in one line.
- Dimensions
- H. ca. 0.15, W. 0.46, H. of letters 0.045.
- Comments
] υἱῶν Μάρκου [ , Ameling.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- G. M. A. Hanfmann, BASOR 187 (1967), p. 32; Kroll, “Inscr. Synagogue,” p. 39, no. 55; and p. 106, fig. 57 (Ameling, Inscr. Jud. Or. II, pp. 280–81, no. 121; SEG 51, 1660).
- Author
- GP