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Inscribed Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Fragment: Inscription mentionind Emperor Commodus (damnatio memoriae?)
- Date
- Under Commodus?, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- OIN58.047
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Fragment
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
]Μ · Α[ ]⟦ ⟧[ ] . Αὐ̣[
- Inscription Translation
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Findspot
- Discovered in 1958 in the ruins of the excavation house of H. C. Butler.
- Description
Fragment of white marble; broken on all sides.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.16, W. 0.12, Th. 0.04, H. of letters 0.035.
- Comments
Herrmann’s text and notes.
Herrmann considers that the fragment contained a mention of the emperor Commodus’s name. The remaining letters of ll. 1 and 3 could belong to the name Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος); l. 3 would have given the filiation. The rasura in l. 2 would be in accordance with other deleted inscriptions mentioning Commodus.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP