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Inscribed Fragments (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Fragments (inside circular medallion, from Synagogue, Main Hall, Bay 2): Blessing Inscription?
- Date
- 4th–6th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN63.138
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
[ - - - - ]ΤΟΥ [ - - - - ]Υ [ - - - - - - ] 4 [ - - - - - - ] [ - - - ]Ν̣ΤΟ̣ [ ]Τ̣Ο vac.
- Inscription Translation
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Syn
- Trench
- Syn 63
- Locus
- Syn MH Above Floor
- Findspot
- Synagogue, Main Hall, Bay 2.
- Description
Four joining fragments of a medallion of marble, like no. 563. “The original right edge of the slab is preserved, as is part of a raised horizontal molding underneath the medallion” (Kroll).
- Dimensions
- Preserved H. 0.47, max. W. 0.56, Th. 0.06, H. of letters 0.025, restored Diam. ca. 0.39.
- Comments
1 There is a horizontal stroke above OY.
5–6 [ - - - - τὸ ἔργο]ν το/[ῦ]το, “…this (work?),” Kroll (SEG; Ameling). If τοῦτο had thus been split the remains of the vertical stroke of Y should be visible.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Kroll, “Inscr. Synagogue,” p. 47, no. 77; and p. 126, fig. 79 (Ameling, Inscr. Jud. Or. II, pp. 295–96, no. 143; SEG 51, 1676, note).
- Author
- GP