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Inscribed Plaque Fragments (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Plaque Fragments: Bilingual Inscription (Latin-Greek) of Letter or Constitution?
- Date
- 1st century AD? (letter shape)., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN86.014
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Fragment
- Inscription language
- Greek, Latin, Bilingual Greek and Latin
- Inscription Text
]ỌVS ]NAE (vacat 0.17m) ]Σ 4 ] . ΤΩ ]Ω ]ΤΕ ]ΟΥ 8 ]ΟΝΟΝ ]ΑΝ ]ΜΕΝ ]Ι̣ΟΥ 12 ]ΗΘΕΙ ]ΣΕΚ ]ΝΟΥΣ ]ΔΟΝ
- Inscription Translation
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- MMS
- Trench
- MMS-I 82.A
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E145 / S60 ca. *101.5
- Findspot
- MMS-I, Room 2, built into floor.
- Description
Lower right portion of a plaque of white marble with gray veins; broken into two joining fragments. The left side was trimmed for reuse, broken above; the rear face is smooth. The inscribed field was framed by a cornice. The remains of the two Latin lines begin 0.30 m from the top of the fragment. The first Greek line follows them, separated by a vacat of 0.17 m; the last Greek line stands 0.23 m above the lower edge of the plaque.
- Dimensions
- H. 1.13, max. W. 0.18, Th. 0.05, H. of letters 0.017.
- Comments
Fragment of an announcement published in Latin and Greek: a letter or a constitution of a Roman authority? The remains do not seem to be sufficient to give an idea of the contents.
8 [μ]όνον?
10 A verb ending in the first person plural active?
12 ἤθει?
14 [εὔ]νους?
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP