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    Inscribed Fragments of Menorah Crossbar (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
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    Inscribed Fragments of Menorah Crossbar (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Inscribed Fragments of Menorah Crossbar (from Synagogue, Main Hall), by Sokrates

Date
About the final phase of the Synagogue (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating., Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
S63.050
Material
Marble, Stone
Object Type
Inscription
Inscription Type
Religious Inscription
Inscription language
Greek
Inscription Text
(a)	Σωκράτης [ -  -  -  -   το]ῦ οἴκου [ -  -  -  -  ]

(b)	[ -  -  -  ]ΣΙ[ -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  γ]λύφου.
Inscription Translation
(a) “Sokrates [ - - - ] of the house (i.e., the synagogue) [ - - - ]”
(b) “[ - - - ] of the sculptor.”
Inscription Comment
Site
Sardis
Sector
Syn
Trench
Syn 63
Locus
Syn MH Above Floor
B-Grid Coordinates
E58.6 - E59.1 / N4.2 *96.55 - 96.40
Findspot
Synagogue, Main Hall (for the different findspots of the fragments, see Kroll).
Description

Two non-joining fragments (a, b) of the crossbar of a marble menorah.

Dimensions
H. 0.07, Th. 0.065, restored L. ca. 1, H. of letters 0.032.
Comments

(b) [λιθογ]λύφου?, considered by Hanfmann in R2, see Ameling, p. 291.

See Also
See also: R2, No. 226.
Bibliography
G. M. A. Hanfmann and N. Ramage, R2, pp. 151–52, no. 226, figs. 391–93; Kroll, “Inscr. Synagogue,” p. 44, no. 69; and p. 118, fig. 71 (Ameling, Inscr. Jud. Or. II, pp. 290–91, no. 135; SEG 51, 1671). Kroll and Ameling give further bibliographical references.
Author
GP