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Columnar monument from the Synagogue, after conservation.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Plan of Synagogue, Roman avenue, and monumental arch.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Plan of Synagogue with findspots of major pieces indicated.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Cybele Shrine as found in the debris of the Synagogue, 1963©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Plan of Synagogue with findspots of major pieces indicated.
©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Marble Votive Stele Showing Artemis and CybeleLATW Cat. 35
Sculpture
Marble, Stone
Ca. 400 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))
White marble. Rectangular stele missing top. Raised borders representing the steps, antae, and pediment of a temple or naiskos frame, four figures in relief. Occupying more than two-thirds of the framed space at left and center are two female figures...
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Inscribed Panel Fragment (from Synagogue): Votive? InscriptionM14 Cat. 528
Inscription
Marble, Stone
Hardly before the last quarter of the 4th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)
Fragment of a panel of white marble. The inscription is in one line.
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Inscribed Fragments (from Synagogue, Forecourt): Votive? InscriptionM14 Cat. 531
Inscription
Marble, Stone
Hardly before the end of the 4th century AD, perhaps later (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)
Joining fragments of two segments of marble.
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Fragment of tabula ansata (from Road Trench, Monumental Arch, Late Roman fill): Bilingual (Greek-Hebrew) Inscription, set up by Sozomenos, citing Psalm 125:5 and 128:6 (“Peace upon Israel”)M14 Cat. 566
Inscription
Marble, Stone
5th–6th century AD? (Roman)
Fragment of a tabula ansata of white coarse marble; broken on all sides, while portions of the upper, left, and lower edges of the tabula are preserved, and the rear face is smooth. Bilingual Greek and Hebrew inscription.
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Inscribed block from the Metroon at Sardis, from the Synagogue.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Setting the trusses on the steel columns for the new Synagogue roof.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Aerial view of Road Trench, Synagogue, and Marble Court.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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The Synagogue during the construction of the roof, after cleaning the mosaics©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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The Synagogue during the construction of the roof, after cleaning the mosaics©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Mosaic Inscription in octagonal frame (from Synagogue, Main Hall, Bay 3): Inscription marking the mosaicking of the Synagogue, by Aurelios Alexandros AnatoliosM14 Cat. 488
Mosaic, Inscription
Mosaic
270 AD or thereafter (date of coins from beneath the mosaic); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)
Mosaic inscription in an octagonal frame.
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Inscribed Panel (from Synagogue, Main Hall): Votive? InscriptionM14 Cat. 529
Inscription
Marble, Stone
Hardly before the last quarter of the 4th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)
Panel of white marble broken at left and right.
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Inscribed Fragments (from Synagogue, Forecourt peristyle): Votive? InscriptionM14 Cat. 532
Inscription
Marble, Stone
Hardly before the end of the 4th century AD, perhaps later (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)
Two segments of marble.
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Inscribed Revetment Fragments (from Synagogue, Forecourt): Votive? InscriptionM14 Cat. 534
Inscription
Marble, Stone
Hardly before the end of the 4th century AD, perhaps later (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)
Three fragments of wall revetment of white marble. The inscription is in one line.
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Inscribed Fragments (from Synagogue, Main Hall): Votive? InscriptionM14 Cat. 536
Inscription
Marble, Stone
Hardly before the end of the 4th century AD, perhaps later (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)
Two segments of a strip of pitted white marble. The inscription is in one line.
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Inscribed Fragment (from Synagogue, Main Hall): Votive InscriptionM14 Cat. 538
Inscription
Marble, Stone
Hardly before the end of the 4th century AD, perhaps later (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)
Fragment of a strip of white marble. The inscription is in one line.
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Mosaic Inscription in square frame (from Synagogue, Forecourt): Votive Inscription by Aurelios Eulogios, GodfearerM14 Cat. 494
Mosaic, Inscription
Mosaic
After 324–61 AD (date of the seven coins sealed beneath the mosaic). (Roman)
Mosaic inscription in a square frame.
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Inscribed Revetment Fragments (from Synagogue, Main Hall, Bay 1): Revetment Inscription, by Aurelios EuphrosynosM14 Cat. 503
Inscription
Marble, Stone
First quarter of the 5th century AD? (Ameling). (Roman)
Fragments of two panels of wall revetment of white marble.
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Inscription in an unknown Anatolian language, reused in the Synagogue, as discovered, 1963.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Conservator Kent Severson repairing mosaic panels in the Synagogue, 2009.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Teoman Yalçınkaya and Ümit Güngör overseeing the construction of the Synagogue roof.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
