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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 a Godfearer
- Date
- “Late in the building history of the Synagogue” (Kroll); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN62.274
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
[εὐχὴ … θ]εοσεβοῦς.
- Inscription Translation
- “[Vow of…] Godfearer” (Kroll).
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Syn
- Trench
- RT 62
- Locus
- Syn FC Above Floor
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E112 - E113 / N14 - N16 *97.50 - 93.00
- Findspot
- Synagogue, Forecourt, northeastern corner.
- Description
Fragment of the right end of the railing of the Forecourt balustrade of white marble; broken at the left. The inscription is in one line.
- Dimensions
- H. ca. 0.15, W. 0.19, H. of letters 0.025–0.040.
- Comments
Kroll’s supplement. - [θ]εοσεβοῦς: see no. 493, 2–3 comm.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- L. Robert, Nouv. inscr. Sard. I, p. 45; Kroll, “Inscr. Synagogue,” p. 39, no. 59; and p. 110, fig. 61 (Ameling, Inscr. Jud. Or. II, p. 283, no. 125; SEG 51, 1664).
- Author
- GP