The Archaeological Exploration of Sardis

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

Inscribed Fragment: Inscription pertaining to settlements and accounts?

Date

2nd century AD (Hanfmann and Ramage)., Roman

Sardis or Museum Inv. No.

NoEx70.013

Material

Marble, Stone

Object Type

Inscription

Inscription Type

Fragment

Inscription language

Greek

Inscription Text

		]Θ̣Ε̣Ν̣Τ̣Ο̣Σ̣[
		]Σ̣ 𐆖 ζ· τοῦ δὲ [
		]Ν ἄρτον Ε̣[
	4	]Υ ἡμιμη[νιαι-
		]ΗΚΩΣΗ[
		] vacat

Inscription Translation

“[- - -] seven denarii; the [- - -] bread [- - -] half-monthly [- - -].”

Inscription Comment

Site

Sardis

Findspot

In a field near the Upper Terrace.

Description

Fragment of large-grained white marble; broken on all sides. Relief showing reclining and standing figures on reverse.

Dimensions

H. 0.47, W. 0.40, max. Th. 0.18, H. of letters 0.045–0.05.

Comments

1 ]Θ̣Ε̣Ν̣Τ̣Ο̣Σ̣[ : my reading; o . . . o Hanfmann and Ramage.

2 Σ̣: my reading, omitted by edd. Only the right ends of an upper and lower horizontal stroke are preserved; Ε, Ζ, or Ξ are not excluded.

4 ]Υ ἡμιμη[νιαι-: my reading; υημιμη, Hanfmann and Ramage.

“L. Robert (letter Jan. 5, 1976) writes that the rather enigmatic inscription seems to pertain to settlements or accounts” (Hanfmann and Ramage).

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