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Inscribed Plaque Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Plaque Fragment
- Date
- 2nd–3rd century AD? (letter shape)., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN69.005
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Fragment
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
- - - ]Σ̣ΛΙ̣Δ̣Ι̣Λ̣Ι[ ]ΣΕΔΩΚΗ̣[ ]ΤΟΥΒΑΛ[ 4 ]ΣΙΑ leaf ] vacat
- Inscription Translation
- “[- - -] gave [- - -] of the bath(?) [- - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E92.45 / N8 - N9 *96
- Findspot
- Synagogue, Main Hall.
- Description
Fragment of a plaque of white marble. The rear face is well smoothed, and the edges are trimmed for reuse. In approximately the middle of the lower edge are the remains of a fixing clamp. Squared lunate sigma.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.30, W. 0.26, Th. 0.015, H. of letters 0.037.
- Comments
1 Only the lowermost portions of the letters are preserved.
2 Perhaps ἔδωκ᾿ η [- -] or [προ]σ̣έδωκ᾿ η[- -]. The horizontal stroke of the last letter joins the vertical one. The (now missing) right vertical stroke, if this letter was really an H, would have been detached.
3 Perhaps τοῦ βαλ[ανείου]. But ΒΑΛ could just as well belong to another word (βάλλειν vel sim.) or a name (e.g., Βαλέριος).
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP