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Inscribed Stele Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Stele Fragment
- Date
- 2nd–3rd century AD?, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN72.017
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Stele, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Fragment
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
- - - - - - - 0 [ ?ἠ]- πείθη[σεν? ?ἠπεί]- θησε[ν ?πα]- ρενβολ̣[- ] 4 [ . ]εμοι Δ[ ] [ ]Ο̣Ι[ ] - - - - - - -
- Inscription Translation
- “[- - - was] disobedient(?) [- - - was] disobedient(?) [- - -] soldiers’ quarters(?) [- - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- B
- Trench
- Syn W 72
- Locus
- B BE-C
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E9.89 - E10 / N12.35 - N12.48 *96.84
- Findspot
- Bath-Gymnasium Complex.
- Description
Fragment of the left side of a stele of bluish marble; broken on all other sides.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.14, W. 0.11, Th. 0.05, H. of letters 0.014.
- Comments
Herrmann’s supplements.
0–3 As the topic of disobedience occurs rather frequently in confession inscriptions (see Petzl, EpAnat 28 [1997], p. 74), Herrmann hesitatingly considered the fragment as belonging to that category. Yet he underlined that, on the other hand, the mention of soldiers’ quarters (he restored [?πα]/ρενβολ̣[ῇ?] and for the meaning referred to Preisigke, Wörterbuch II, p. 265 and especially III, p. 217, as well as to M. Ricl, Arkeoloji Dergisi 3 [1995], p. 182, no. 35 [= SEG 45, 1732], 5) does not fit such a context.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP