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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 [- -] and Samuel
- Date
- “Late in the building history of the Synagogue” (Kroll); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN62.184
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
[ - - ] κὲ Σαμω̣[ήλ - - ]
- Inscription Translation
- “[- - -] and Samuel [- - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Syn
- Trench
- RT 62
- Locus
- Syn FC Above Floor
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E93 - E97 / N8 - N12 *96.50
- Findspot
- Synagogue, Main Hall and southeast corner of Forecourt.
- Description
Two joining fragments of the left end of the railing of the Forecourt balustrade of white marble. The inscription is in one line.
- Dimensions
- H. ca. 0.15, W. 0.32, H. of letters 0.05.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Kroll, “Inscr. Synagogue,” p. 39, no. 56; and p. 107, fig. 58 (Ameling, Inscr. Jud. Or. II, p. 281, no. 122; SEG 51, 1661).
- Author
- GP