• m14-763-10
    Inscribed Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
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    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. 763
Date
2nd century AD? (letter shape)., Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
S14.071
Material
Marble, Stone
Object Type
Inscription
Inscription Type
Fragment
Inscription language
Greek
Inscription Text
		-     -     -     -
		π]αλαιστ[-
		-     -     -     -
Inscription Translation
Inscription Comment
Site
Sardis
Sector
F55
Trench
F55 14.3
Locus
F55 14.3 Locus 19
B-Grid Coordinates
E779.5 / S184.4 *128.61
Findspot
Field 55, east side of Wadi B Temple terrace, marble collapse in area of late antique Spolia Wall, F55 13.1 Locus 3.
Description

Fragment of white marble; broken on all sides. Letters with long apices.

Dimensions
Max. H. 0.14, W. 0.22, Th. 0.06, H. of letters 0.03.
Comments

Sardis VII 1, no. 21, 4–6 mentions Her[mes and Herakles] as [gods] of the παλαίστρα. A form of παλαιστής (“wrestler”) would be another possible restoration.

See Also
Bibliography
Unpublished.
Author
GP

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