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Inscribed Base (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Base: Votive Inscription
- Date
- 4th–6th century AD (Hanfmann)., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- NoEx60.010
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Statue Base, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
† Ὑπὲρ εὐχῆς [ - - - - ]τυνχάνι οὖν[ - - - ].
- Inscription Translation
- “In fulfillment of a vow [- - -] obtains(?) now [- - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- Findspot
- From the valley of Tabak Çay (Çamur Hamamları; see
Hanfmann and Waldbaum, R1 , p. 172 nn. 36, 42).
- Description
Base of marble; three registers separated by two beveled channels. The inscription runs on two sides in the middle register; one side is plain.
- Dimensions
- Bottom: 0.22 × 0.19, top: 0.14 × 0.13, H. of letters 0.015–0.02.
- Comments
Perhaps it is best to understand that the dedicant put up the base because he “obtained” ([ἐπι]τυνχάνι = -τυγχάνει) the object for which he had made the vow; cf. nos. 318, 9; 464, 2–3; and 472, 2–3.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP