• m14-557-10
    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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