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Inscription on base for statue of Lucius Verus. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Base for Statue of Lucius Verus
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 276
- Date
- 166 AD , Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN58.004
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture, Statue Base, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Sculpture Type
- Inscription of lost statue
- Inscription Text
Αὐτοκράτορα Καίσαρα Αὐρ. Ἀντωνῖ- νον Οὐῆρον Σεβαστὸν ἡ β´ νεωκό- ρος Σαρδιανῶν πόλις· Κλ. Ἀντώ(νιος) 4 Λέπιδος ἀνέθηκεν ἀρχιερεὺς Ἀσίας, ἀργυροταμίας πρῶτος, ὁ τῆς περὶ τὸ γυμνάσιον πολιτείας ἐξ ἀρχῆς προνοησάμενος. leaf- Inscription Translation
- “The city of the Sardians, twice temple warden, (honors) the Imperator Caesar Aurelius Antoninus Verus Augustus. The high-priest of Asia Claudius Antonius Lepidus, first treasurer, who took care, from the beginning, of the activity in connection with the gymnasium, had (the statue) erected.”
- Inscription Comment
- Text and translation of G. Petzl
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- B
- Trench
- B 58
- Locus
- B BSH
- Findspot
- Found in situ on bench in the S apse of BSH.
- Description
The top of the plinth has a cutting, off center, for a statue. The inscription face is slightly concave.
The inscription and statue probably were set up to honor the Emperor on his visit to Sardis in A.D. 166.
- Condition
Marble.
Slightly chipped at upper r. corner; and other small chips.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.86; W. 1.95; D. 1.12. H. of letters 0.06.
- Comments
- See Also
- See also: M14, No. 378.
- Bibliography
- Published: BASOR154, 14, fig. 4; 158, 7-10. Hanfmann, Letters, 33, fig. 17-18; Yegül, Bath-Gymnasium, 102f.
- Author
- NHR