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Inscribed Crowning Member (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Crowning Member (from Synagogue, Main Hall, Bay 7): Votive? Inscription
- Date
- 4th–6th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN62.113
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
- - - ]ΜΙΤΗΝ ὁ α[ὐτός? - - -
- Inscription Translation
- “…the same (donor)?…” (Kroll)
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Syn
- Trench
- RT 62
- Locus
- Syn FC Above Floor
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E93 - E94 / N1 - N2 *97 - 96.50
- Findspot
- Synagogue, Main Hall, Bay 7.
- Description
Two joining pieces of a segment of a crowning member of marble; broken at left, right, and behind; perhaps a “door lintel?”, Kroll. The inscription runs across the upper fascia in one line.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.15, W. 0.44, max. Th. 0.19, H. of letters 0.03.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Kroll, “Inscr. Synagogue,” p. 46, no. 74; and p. 123, fig. 76 (Ameling, Inscr. Jud. Or. II, pp. 293–94, no. 140; SEG 51, 1675).
- Author
- GP