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Relief with two soldiers and dedication, overview. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Relief with two soliders and dedication, overview. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Relief with Two Soldiers and Dedication
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 265
- Date
- 4th C. AD?, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- NoEx62.027
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture
- Sculpture Type
- Votive Relief, Human Figure, Draped Man
- Inscription Text
κατὰ ἐπιταγ... Ὁσίῳ καὶ Δικ[αίῳ]
- Inscription Translation
This is a dedication to Hosion and Dikaion (Pious and Just).
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Gölde
- Findspot
- From Gölde, near Kula. From a fountain house.
- Description
In a narrowly recessed rectangular panel stand two soldiers in military dress, their r. hands raised in folds, and they wear a triangular-shaped over-fold with incised parallel V-folds. They also wear boots. The two figures are frontal; there is no effort at perspective, and the modeling is crude.
Below the narrow ledge on which they stand is an inscription.
Robert’s restored reading (letter Aug. 31, 1962) is:
κατὰ ἐπιταγ... Ὁσίῳ καὶ Δικ[αίῳ]
- Condition
- Marble. Broken on all sides except the l., where the edge of the relief and a narrow border are preserved. Both heads are missing, and also the r. hand of the l. figure. The r. figure is broken diagonally from the r. shoulder to the scabbard hanging at his side.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.41; W. 0.35; Th. 0.09; H. of figure 0.22, of letters 0.02.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR