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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
- Date
- “Late in the building history of the Synagogue” (Kroll); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN63.A07
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
[ - - μετὰ] τῆς συνβίου [ - - ]
- Inscription Translation
- “[- - with] his wife [ - - - ]” (Kroll).
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- BS
- Trench
- Syn 63
- Locus
- BS Locus BS-E 19 (Area of)
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E115 / S0.5 *97.5
- Findspot
- Byzantine Shop E19, south of the eastern end of the Synagogue Forecourt.
- Description
Fragment of railing of the Forecourt balustrade of white marble; broken at both ends. The inscription is in one line.
- Dimensions
- H. ca. 0.15, W. 0.32, H. of letters 0.025.
- Comments
Kroll’s supplement.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Kroll, “Inscr. Synagogue,” p. 40, no. 60; and p. 111, fig. 62 (Ameling, Inscr. Jud. Or. II, pp. 283–84, no. 126; SEG 51, 1665).
- Author
- GP