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

Inscribed Fragments: Decree or Honorary Inscription concerning a gymnasiarch?

Monograph 14: Sardis: Greek and Latin Inscriptions, Part II: Finds from 1958 to 2017 (2019) Cat. 742
Date
1st–2nd century AD? (letter shape)., Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
IN61.040
Material
Marble, Stone
Object Type
Inscription
Inscription Type
Fragment
Inscription language
Greek
Inscription Text
(a)		-     -     - 
		]ΑΣΑ[
		]ΥΘΕΙ̣[
		-     -     - 


(b)		-     -     - 
		]Α̣Σ . [
		]ΟΗ[
		   ] . [
		-     -     -


(c)		-     -     - 
		]ΠΩ̣[
		]ΠΡΟ̣[
		-     -     -


(d)		-     -     - 
		]. ΕΙ .[
		]ΟΓΥ[
		   ]Λ̣Γ̣[
		-     -     -


(e)		-     -     - 
		]Κ̣Τ̣[
		-     -     -


(f)		-     -     - 
		]Ο[
		]Π[
		]Ο̣[
		-     -     -


(g)		-     -     - 
		]Υ̣[
		-     -     -


(h)		-     -     - 
		]Υ . [
		]Λ̣Τ̣Α̣̣[
		-     -     - 


(i)		-     -     - 
		]ΑΠ̣[
		  ] . . ̣̣[
		-     -     -


(k)		-     -     - 
		] . ΙΝ[
		]ΝΙ̣ . [
		-     -     - 


(l)		-     -     - 
		]Λ̣ΕΙ̣̣[
		 ]Ν[
		-     -     -


(m)		-     -     - 
		Π̣̣[
		v Λ̣̣[
		-     -     -


(n)		-     -     - 
		]ΝΟΥ[
		]ΟΥ̣[
		-     -     - 


(ο)		-     -     - 
		v Ι̣[
		Ε̣[
		-     -     -
Inscription Translation
Inscription Comment
Site
Sardis
Sector
B
Trench
BE 61
Locus
B Marble Court
B-Grid Coordinates
E22 - E28 / N52 - N58 ca *98.00 - 97.75
Findspot
Bath-Gymnasium Complex, Marble Court.
Description

Fourteen non-joining fragments of white marble; broken on all sides. Their relative position is unknown; frags. (m) and (o) each have portions of the left edge.

Dimensions
Th. ca. 0.025, H. of letters 0.045, interlinear space 0.025; [a] max. H. 0.15, max. W. 0.15; [b] max. H. 0.18, max. W. 0.13; [c] max. H. 0.155, max. W. 0.085; [d] max. H. 0.183, max. W. 0.11; [e] max. H. 0.045, max. W. 0.095; [f] max. H. 0.154, max. W. 0.072; [g] max. H. 0.07, max. W. 0.065; [h] max. H. 0.04, max. W. 0.152; [i] max. H. 0.088, max. W. 0.16; [k] max. H. 0.155, max. W. 0.116; [l] max. H. 0.082, max. W. 0.105; [m] max. H. 0.18, max. W. 0.13; [n] max. H. 0.16, max. W. 0.15; [o] max. H. 0.12, max. W. 0.10.
Comments

(c) 2 and (m) 1 have oversize letters.

The excavation record notes that L. Robert considered the fragments as belonging to a decree or an honorary inscription concerning a gymnasiarchos; see (d), l. 2: γυ[ ].

See Also
Bibliography
Unpublished.
Author
GP

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