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Inscription fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Fragment
- Date
- 1st century AD? (letter shape)., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- OIN58.043
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Fragment
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
- - - ΤΟ̣̣[ καὶ ΓΥ[ ΘΕΑΣ[ 4 Σεβα̣[στ- ἀ̣λειψα̣[ [ ].ΑΝ[ - - -
- Inscription Translation
- “[- - -] and [- - -] goddess [- - -] August[-(?) - - -] having anointed [- - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Findspot
- Discovered in 1958 in the ruins of the excavation house of H. C. Butler.
- Description
Fragment of white marble; except for a portion of the left face, broken on all sides.
- Dimensions
- Max. H. 0.24, max. W. 0.17, max. Th. 0.27, H. of letters ll. 1–4 0.025–0.03; ll. 5–6, 0.02.
- Comments
2 Considering the occurrence of ἀ̣λειψα̣[ ] (l. 5), the letters ΓΥ probably belonged to a word with the root γυ[μνασ- ]. There are, of course, other possibilities (e.g., γυ[νή]).
3 Because of damage to the stone, the letters Θ and E are written with a larger distance from each other.
3–5 The shape of E in ll. 3 and 5 (vertical strokes exceeding the horizontal ones) differs from that in l. 4.
5 A form of the aorist of ἀλείφω, “anoint (with oil).”
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP