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Inscribed Fragments (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Inscribed Fragments (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Fragments: Inscription mentioning Emperor Antoninus?
- Date
- 2nd–3rd century AD? (letter shape)., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S13.071
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Fragment
- Inscription language
- Greek, Latin, Bilingual Greek and Latin
- Inscription Text
(a) [ - - - ]ỊNVS· [ - - - ] - - - - - - (b) - - - - - - ἀρχιερ]ε̣ὺς μέγιστ[ος ὕπα]τος τὸ γ´, πατ̣[ὴρ πατρίδος - - - - - - (c) - - - - - - ] ἐπιτιμιοι[ ]ουντι δὲ ΤΟ̣Δ̣Ε̣[ - - - - - - (d) - - - - - - Π̣ΟΣ[ Ἀρτέ]- μιδο[ς vacat (e) - - - ]ΟΙ̣Ι̣[ ] ]Ο̣ΥΝΙΩ[ . ] ]ΩΡΜΙΩ[ . ] vacat
- Inscription Translation
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- F55
- Trench
- F55 13.2
- Locus
- F55 05.3 Locus 4, F55 13.2 Locus 9, F55 13.2 Locus 9
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E774.64 / S179.03 *129.83
- Description
Five non-joining fragments of white marble. The bilingual Latin and Greek inscription was surrounded by a quadrangular molding that consisted of two recessed borders of ca. 0.02 m in width each; portions of the molding are preserved from the upper, left, and lower edges. (a) has a portion of the upper molding preserved; (b) is broken on all sides; (c) is broken on all sides; (d) has portions of the left and lower moldings preserved; (e) contains a portion of the last three lines, the last line being followed, like in fragment (d), by a vacat; it is broken on all sides.
- Dimensions
- Th. 0.06–0.10, H. of letters 0.018–0.024; (a) H. 0.09, W. ca. 0.13; (b) H. of the inscribed surface ca. 0.07, W. of the inscribed surface ca. 0.26; (c) H. of the inscribed surface ca. 0.12, W. of the inscribed surface ca. 0.22; (d) H. 0.22, W. 0.19; (e) H. 0.20, W. 0.15.
- Comments
(a) Considering the fact that fragment (b) seems to contain elements of an emperor’s title in Greek, the Latin ] ỊNVS (followed by a dot) in the first line of the inscription may likewise belong to an emperor’s name, probably [Anton]<i>inus.
(b) “[ - - - ] pontifex maximus [ - - - ] consul tertium, pater patriae [ - - - ],” from the title of an emperor.
2 ·Γ·, with a short stroke above the letter (= “3”).
(c) 1 ἐπιτιμίοι[ς]?, from τὸ ἐπιτίμιον (“mostly in pl.,” LSJ), “assessment of damages, penalty” or “penalties” (LSJ), or ἐπιτίμιοι, ἐπιτιμίοι[ς]?, from ἐπιτίμιος “honourable.”
2 E.g., [στρατηγ]οῦντι?, cf. no. 720, 3. - ΤΟΔ̣Ε̣[ ]: τόδ̣ε̣ or τὸ δ̣ε̣[ύτερον]?, etc.
(d) “[ - - - of Arte]mis [ - - - ]”
(e) 2 In the area of Lydian Saittai the male name Βουνίων is epigraphically attested (see P. Herrmann and E. Varinlioğlu, EpAnat 3 [1984], pp. 9–10, no. 5 [SEG 34, 1214], l. 2 comm.).
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP