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Inscribed Panel Fragments (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Panel Fragments (from Synagogue, Main Hall): Votive Inscription, by Aurelius Symeonios, councilor
- Date
- 4th–6th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN63.116
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
Αὐ[ρ. Συ]μ̣εόνιος Σ̣α̣ρδια[νὸς] βουλ. μετὰ τῆς [συμβίο]υ τὸ ΔΙΛ[ . . . ]- 3 ΚΟΝ εὐξάμενος [ἐποίησα ?].
- Inscription Translation
- “Aurelius [Sy]meonios, citizen of Sardis, councilor, with my wife, having made a vow, I gave(?) the [- - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Syn
- Trench
- Syn 63
- Locus
- Syn MH Above Floor
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E55 / N11 - N14 *97.00 - 96.50
- Findspot
- Synagogue, Main Hall, next to Pier N2.
- Description
Panel of marble broken into fragments, some of which are missing.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.30, restored W. ca. 0.70, H. of letters 0.065.
- Comments
Kroll’s restorations.
2 After ΒΟΥΛ there is a mark of abbreviation.
2–3 ΔΙΛ[ . . . ]ΚΟΝ: “most likely a ‘double’ something or other” (Kroll, who also considers δι‹α›[κονι]κόν [regarded as improbable by Ameling]).
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Kroll, “Inscr. Synagogue,” pp. 42–43, no. 67; and p. 116, fig. 69 (Ameling, Inscr. Jud. Or. II, p. 289, no. 133; SEG 51, 1669; AE 2001, 1888).
- Author
- GP