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    Inscribed Pedestal (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Inscribed Pedestal (from Synagogue, Main Hall): Pedastal (for Menorah?), by Aurelius Basileides, ex-procurator

Monograph 14: Sardis: Greek and Latin Inscriptions, Part II: Finds from 1958 to 2017 (2019) Cat. 557
Date
4th–6th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating., Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
IN63.092
Material
Marble, Stone
Object Type
Inscription
Inscription Type
Religious Inscription
Inscription language
Greek
Inscription Text
		Αὐρ.
		Βασιλ-
		είδης
	4	ἀπὸ ἐ-
		πιτρό-
		πων.
Inscription Translation
“Aurelius Basileides, ex-procurator” (Kroll).
Inscription Comment
Site
Sardis
Sector
Syn
Trench
Syn 63
Locus
Syn MH Above Floor
B-Grid Coordinates
E56.35 / N4.80 *96.5
Findspot
Synagogue, Main Hall, near Pier S2.
Description

Pedestal of marble. On the upper surface is part of an “iron pin that anchored the object displayed on the pedestal (another menorah?)” (Kroll).

Dimensions
H. 0.45, W. 0.24, Th. 0.20, H. of letters 0.025.
Comments

The ἐπίτροποι were imperial functionaries. Aurelius Basileides had probably been responsible for taxes and administration of the emperor’s rural estates (Ameling).

See Also
Bibliography
Kroll, “Inscr. Synagogue,” p. 44, no. 70; and p. 119, fig. 72 (Ameling, Inscr. Jud. Or. II, pp. 291–92, no. 136; SEG 51, 1672; AE 2001, 1889). Kroll and Ameling give further bibliographical references.
Author
GP

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