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Base for statue of Hera, view of inscription. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Base for statue of Hera, view of inscription. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Base for statue of Hera, view of inscription. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Base for statue of Hera, set up by Socrates Pardalas and restored by Julia Lydia
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 275
- Date
- 20-30 AD , Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN63.123
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture, Statue Base, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Sculpture Type
- Inscription of lost statue
- Inscription Text
Σωκράτης Πολεμαίου Παρδαλᾶς τὸν ναὸν κατε- σκεύασεν καὶ τὴν Ἥραν ἀνέ- 4 θηκεν·v Ιουλία Λυδία ἡ ὑωνὴ αὐτοῦ μετὰ τὸν σεισμὸν ἐπεσκεύασεν.- Inscription Translation
- “Sokrates Pardalas, son of Polemaios, built the temple and erected the (statue of) Hera. Iulia Lydia, his granddaughter, restored it after the earthquake.”
- Inscription Comment
- Text and translation of G. Petzl.
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Syn
- Trench
- Syn 63
- Locus
- Syn MH Spolia
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E94 / N9 ca. *97
- Findspot
- Built into the cross wall, see Fig. 5.
- Description
The preserved top of the plinth has fine pointed chisel work; the interior of the cutting for the statue base is rough chiseled. The profile shows a simple molding at top and bottom, with a drafted band below the top molding.
Socrates son of Polemaios Pardalas is also known from other Sardis inscriptions (Sardis VII, nos. 22, 91, 122, 127). The earthquake refers to the devastation of A.D. 17.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.0435; W. 0. 70; D. 0.63. Cutting for statue 0.57 by 0.42.
- Comments
- See Also
- See also: M14, No. 440.
- Bibliography
- Published: Hanfmann, Croesus, 43-44; Hanfmann, Sardis R1, 174 n. 114, mention.
- Author
- NHR