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. 728

Date

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

Sardis or Museum Inv. No.

S13.108

Material

Marble, Stone

Object Type

Inscription

Inscription Type

Fragment

Inscription language

Greek

Inscription Text

		-     -     -
		]Ι̣ΟΥΠ̣[
		]Ω̣ΝΙΟΥΔΑ̣[
		     ]φυλα[
		 -     -     -

Inscription Translation

Inscription Comment

Site

Sardis

Sector

F55

Trench

F55 13.1

Locus

F55 13.1 Locus 12

B-Grid Coordinates

E775.35 / S177.9 *129.008

Findspot

Field 55, east side of Wadi B Temple terrace, fills over marble collapse from the late antique Spolia Wall, F55 13.1 Locus 3.

Description

Fragment of white marble; broken on all sides.

Dimensions

H. ca. 0.16, W. ca. 0.17, Th. ca. 0.11, average H. of letters 0.02.

Comments

2 [τ]ῶ̣ν Ἰουδα̣[ίων]?, [Ἀντ]ω̣νίου ΔΑ̣[ ], etc.?

3 Something like νομοφυλάκιον (no. 550, 1), -φύλαξ (no. 446 comm.), γαζοφύλαξ (no. 691, 1), ῥισκοφύλαξ (Sardis VII 1, no. 4, 3), form of φυλάσσω, etc.

See Also

Bibliography

Unpublished.

Author

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