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Inscribed Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Fragment (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.
- IN65.033
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
- - - ] π̣ρεσβ(ύτερος)
- Inscription Translation
- “…Elder” (Kroll).
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- E Road
- Trench
- Syn 65
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E119 - E123 / N13 - N17 *96.80 - 96.50
- Findspot
- Synagogue, East Road portico.
- Description
Fragment of a slab of blue granite; broken on all sides.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.09, W. 0.21, Th. 0.08, H. of letters 0.075.
- Comments
After β there is an S-shaped mark of abbreviation.
Kroll notes that the inscription probably originally came from the Synagogue and may have been broken and reused for a later phase of the building.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Kroll, “Inscr. Synagogue,” p. 46, no. 75; and p. 124, fig. 77 (Ameling, Inscr. Jud. Or. II, p. 294, no. 141; SEG 51, 1657, note on no. 5).
- Author
- GP