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Inscribed Fragments (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Fragments
- Date
- 1st–2nd century AD? (letter shape)., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN63.094
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Fragment
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
(a) ] traces of letters [ ]ΜΗΝΟ[ ]ΕΝΟΜ̣Ε̣[ 4 ]Ι̣ΜΛ̣Σ̣ΤΕ[ ]Ν̣ θεὸν ΕΛ̣[ τ]ὸ ἱερὸν ΚΟ[ ]Φ̣[ ]Ν[ - - - - (b) ]Σ[ . ] ] . [ . ] Σ [ . . ] ] . ιου προ 4 ]Λ̣ΑΝΑΘΕΙ ]ΜΟΝΑ vac. ] . . [ . ] . . Κ̣[ ]
- Inscription Translation
- “[ - - - ] Meno[ - - - ] us(?) [ - - - the] god [- - - the] sacred [- - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Syn
- Trench
- Syn 63
- Locus
- Syn MH Above Floor
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E45.8 / N5 *96.75
- Findspot
- Synagogue, Main Hall.
- Description
Two non-joining fragments of bluish-white marble. (a) is, except for a portion of the upper edge, broken on all sides and has traces of burning. Ll. 1–4 are largely erased. (b) is broken, except for a portion of the right edge.
- Dimensions
- H. of letters 0.016; (a) H. 0.21, W. 0.24, max. Th. 0.08; (b) H. 0.15, W. 0.14, Th. 0.12.
- Comments
(a) 2 From “month” (μείς) or the god Men, or a name beginning with Μηνο-?
3 γ]ενομε[ν-?
4 ἡ̣μᾶ̣ς?
5 τὴ]ν̣ / τὸ]ν̣ θεόν?
(b) 2 The remains of the first visible letter consist of a lower horizontal stroke.
4 A form of ἀνατίθημι (“put up”), e.g., ἀναθεῖ/[ναι]?
6 Two upper horizontal strokes remain of the first two visible letters; before the Κ̣, the upper portions of two vertical strokes are visible.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP