The Archaeological Exploration of Sardis

Inscribed Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Inscribed Fragment

Monograph 14: Sardis: Greek and Latin Inscriptions, Part II: Finds from 1958 to 2017 (2019) Cat. 725

Date

1st century AD? (letter shape)., Roman

Sardis or Museum Inv. No.

S14.079

Material

Marble, Stone

Object Type

Inscription

Inscription Type

Fragment

Inscription language

Greek

Inscription Text

		-     -     -     -     -     -     -     - 
		[		] . ΔΕΗ̣[	]
		[	        ] ἀ̣ρχιερ[ε-		]
		[	      ]Φ̣ΟΥΚΑΘΟ̣[	]
	4	[		]ΙΕΣΤΑ[	]
		[		] ἀρχιε[ρε-	]
		[		]vv Π[		]
		-     -     -     -     -     -     -     -

Inscription Translation

Inscription Comment

Site

Sardis

Sector

F55

Trench

F55 14.2

Locus

F55 14.2 Locus 28

B-Grid Coordinates

E769.45 / S176.4 *131.248

Findspot

Field 55, east side of Wadi B Temple terrace.

Description

Fragment of grayish marble; broken on all sides except for portions of the right edge and upper rear face.

Dimensions

Max. H. 0.46, max. W. 0.45, Th. 0.15, H. of letters 0.015.

Comments

The fragment twice (ll. 2 and 5) mentions a “high-priest(ess),” ἀρχιερεύς or ἀρχιέρεια.

3 [ ]φ̣ου καθό[τι ]?

4 ΕΣΤΑ[ ]: form of ἵσταμαι?

See Also

Bibliography

Unpublished.

Author

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