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Inscribed Plaque Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Plaque Fragment
- Date
- Imperial period., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN05.001b
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Fragment
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
- - - ]Ο̣ΝΕΞΗ[ ] . ΥΣΙΚΗΝ [ ]ΗΛΛ̣ . [ - - -
- Inscription Translation
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- F55
- Trench
- F55 14.3
- Locus
- F55 14.3 Locus 9
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E774.9 / S181.9 *130.938
- Description
Fragment of a plaque of white marble, front and rear face smooth, broken on the other sides. Letters with apices; squared lunate sigma.
- Dimensions
- Max. H. of inscribed face 0.065, max. W. of inscribed face 0.08, Th. 0.03, H. of letters 0.012.
- Comments
The present fragment, found in 2014, and the fragment no. 771, found in 2005, originate from the same trench. The general shape of the letters and dimensions (height of letters, interlinear spaces, thickness of the plaques) could suggest the attribution of both fragments to one and the same inscription. Yet, two points reduce the probability: The shapes of Ξ and the colors of marble are different in both fragments.
2 φ̣υσικήν or [μ]ο̣υσικήν?
3 ]ΗΛΑ̣Μ̣[ or ]ΗΛΑ̣Ν̣[?
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP