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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
- Date
- “Late in the building history of the Synagogue” (Kroll); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN62.275
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
[ἐκ τ]ῶν τῆς Προνοίας δομάτων 2 κὲ τῶν γονικῶν ἡμῶν καμάτων.
- Inscription Translation
- “[…from] the gifts of Providence and the labours of our parents” (Kroll).
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Syn
- Trench
- RT 62
- Locus
- Syn FC Above Floor
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E110 - E112 / N15 - N17 *97.00
- Findspot
- Synagogue, Forecourt, northeastern corner.
- Description
Two joining fragments of a complete segment of the railing of the Forecourt balustrade of white marble.
- Dimensions
- H. ca. 0.15, W. 0.62, H. of letters l. 1 0.035; l. 2 0.030.
- Comments
The partly misleading discussion of the inscription (using an insufficient text) is not repeated here; see Kroll’s references and commentary. See also SEG 48, 1471 and SEG 51, 1663 comm.
2 τῶν γονικῶν ἡμῶν καμάτων: “Les γονεῖς sont exactement les parents, non les ancêtres” (J. and L. Robert, BE 1968, 478, p. 517).
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Kroll, “Inscr. Synagogue,” p. 39, no. 58, with references to earlier publications and discussions; and p. 109, fig. 60 (Ameling, Inscr. Jud. Or. II, p. 282, no. 124; SEG 51, 1663).
- Author
- GP