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Inscribed Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Fragment: Inscription mentioning Emperor Lucius Verus?
- Date
- 2nd century AD., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S13.128a
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Fragment
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
- - - - - - - - - Αὐτο]κ̣ράτο- [ρ- ] Οὐηρ[ ] - - - - - - - - -
- Inscription Translation
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- F55
- Trench
- F55 13.1
- Locus
- F55 13.1 Locus 10
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E773.5 / S185 *129.708
- Findspot
- Field 55, east side of Wadi B Temple terrace.
- Description
Fragment of white marble, broken on all sides except for a part of the right edge.
- Dimensions
- H. ca. 0.20, W. ca. 0.24, Th. ca. 0.09, H. of letters 0.03.
- Comments
Perhaps a mention of the Emperor Lucius Verus: cf., e.g., no. 378. The restoration is not certain; the dot between OY and HP, however, seems to be damage to the surface rather than a sign of word division.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP