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Inscribed Balustrade Railing Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Balustrade Railing Fragments (from Synagogue, Forecourt): Votive Inscription, by Eutychides(?), Godfearer
- Date
- “Late in the building history of the Synagogue” (Kroll); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN63.085
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Εὐχὴ Εὐτυχ[ίδο]υ θεοσ[εβοῦς].
- Inscription Translation
- “Vow of Eutychides(?), Godfearer.”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Syn
- Trench
- Syn 63
- Locus
- Syn FC Above Floor, Syn MH Above Floor
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E116 - E119 / N3 - N7 *99.57
- Findspot
- Synagogue, Main Hall and Forecourt.
- Description
Four joining fragments 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. 0.82; H. of letters 0.04–0.05.
- Comments
Εὐτυχ[ίδο]υ: Kroll (SEG); Εὐτυχ[ιανο]ῦ, Ameling (probably too long for the lacuna).
θεοσ[εβοῦς]: see no. 493, 2–3 comm.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- G. M. A. Hanfmann, BASOR 187 (1967), p. 32; Kroll, “Inscr. Synagogue,” p. 39, no. 57; and p. 108, fig. 59 (Ameling, Inscr. Jud. Or. II, pp. 281–82, no. 123; SEG 51, 1662).
- Author
- GP