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Inscribed Panels (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Panels (from Synagogue, Main Hall): Votive Inscription for the Menorah (“seven-branched candlestick”), by Aurelius Hermogenes, Godfearer
- Date
- 4th–6th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating., Roman
- Museum
- Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 7108
- Museum Inventory No.
- 7108
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN63.049
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Αὐρ. Ἑρμογέ- νης Σαρδ. 4 θεοσε- βὴς ἐκ τῶν τῆς Προνοίας 8 εὐξάμε- νος τὸ ἑ- πταμύ- ξιον ἐ- 12 ποίησα.
- Inscription Translation
- “Aurelius Hermogenes, citizen of Sardis, Godfearer, from the (gifts) of Providence, having made a vow, I executed (gave?) the seven-branched candlestick” (Kroll).
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Syn
- Trench
- Syn 63
- Locus
- Syn MH Above Floor
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E40 / N2 *96.75
- Findspot
- Synagogue, Main Hall, southwestern corner.
- Description
Two joining panels of marble; in the upper panel are ll. 1–10; “the plaque was attached to a base of masonry on which the menorah stood” (Kroll).
- Dimensions
- H. 0.57, W. 0.21, Th. 0.013, H. of letters 0.03.
- Comments
1–3 Another [Αὐρ. Ἑ]ρμογ[ένης Σ]αρδιανό[ς] in no. 524; he is probably not identical to the present person. - After ΑΥΡ and ΣΑΡΔ there are marks of abbreviation.
4–5 See no. 493, 2–3 comm.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Malay, Manisa Museum, no. 200 [no text]. S. Fine, ed., Sacred Realm… (1996), p. 160, no. 22 (SEG 46, 1518); Kroll, “Inscr. Synagogue,” p. 42, no. 66; and p. 115, fig. 68 (Ameling, Inscr. Jud. Or. II, pp. 287–88, no. 132; AE 2001, 1887). Kroll and Ameling give further bibliographical references.
- Author
- GP