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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.
- IN62.108
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
v Εὐχ[ὴ - - ]
- Inscription Translation
- “Vow of [- - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Syn
- Trench
- RT 62
- Locus
- Syn MH Above Floor
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E87 - E90 / N4 - N9 *96.90 - 96.40
- Findspot
- Synagogue, Main Hall.
- Description
Fragment of the left end of the railing of the Forecourt balustrade of white marble; broken at the top and right. The inscription is in one line.
- Dimensions
- H. ca. 0.15, W. 0.28, H. of letters 0.045.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Kroll, “Inscr. Synagogue,” p. 40, no. 62; and p. 112, fig. 64 (Ameling, Inscr. Jud. Or. II, p. 284, no. 128; SEG 51, 1667).
- Author
- GP