M14 Cat. 463

Stele, Inscription

Marble, Stone

Year 320 Sullan era = 235/36 AD (Actian era = 289/90 AD). (Roman)

Fragment of a stele of white marble; upper and right parts are broken off.

M14 Cat. 464

Stele, Inscription

Marble, Stone

2nd–3rd century AD? (Roman)

Fragment of a stele of white marble; upper and left parts are broken off. Above the inscription are the remains of a relief: four feet of two human figures, folds of drapery.

M14 Cat. 465

Stele, Inscription

Marble, Stone

2nd–3rd century AD? (Roman)

Fragment of a stele of white marble; broken on all sides except for a small part of the right edge. Above the inscription are the remains of a relief: probably two women clad in long garments.

M14 Cat. 466

Stele, Inscription

Marble, Stone

2nd–3rd century AD? (Roman)

Fragment of a stele of white marble, broken on all sides except for a small part of the left edge.

M14 Cat. 467

Inscription

Marble, Stone

2nd–3rd century AD? (Roman)

Fragment of white marble; only parts of the lower and the left sides are preserved. The inscription stood in a tabula ansata. Above it there are the remains of a relief: two paws of an animal. Lunate epsilon and sigma.

M14 Cat. 468

Stele, Inscription

Marble, Stone

2nd–3rd century AD? (Roman)

Fragment of a stele of white marble, with a molding on the upper edge; the right edge is only partly preserved, and it is broken on the left and lower sides. Above the inscription are the remains of a relief: a pair of eyes, of which only part of the...

M14 Cat. 469

Stele, Inscription

Marble, Stone

Probably 154/55 or 254/55 AD (see l. 1 comm.). (Roman)

Fragment of a stele of white marble; broken on all sides. Above the inscription are the remains of a crescent.

M14 Cat. 470

Stele, Inscription

Marble, Stone

2nd–3rd century AD? (Roman)

Fragment of a stele of white marble; broken on all sides. Above the inscription are the remains of a crescent.

M14 Cat. 471

Stele, Inscription

Marble, Stone

2nd–3rd century AD (letter shape). (Roman)

Fragment of a stele of white, poor quality marble. Two lines of an inscription, written in rather “shaky” letters on guidelines, are partly preserved. Toward the upper left corner of the fragment are the remains of an unidentifiable relief.

M14 Cat. 472

Stele, Inscription

Marble, Stone

2nd–3rd century AD(?). (Roman)

Fragment of a stele of white marble; broken on all sides, except perhaps for a small portion of the original edge on the left. The inscribed surface is badly worn.

M14 Cat. 473

Stele, Inscription

Marble, Stone

2nd–3rd century AD? (Roman)

Fragment of the left part of a stele of white marble; broken on all sides.

M14 Cat. 474

Inscription

Marble, Stone

“Early first century BC” (Malay). (Hellenistic)

Lower section of a block of marble.

M14 Cat. 475

Stele, Inscription

Marble, Stone

1st–2nd century AD? (letter shape). (Roman)

Lower left corner of a marble stele; elsewhere broken. In a recess are preserved the remains of a relief: two legs of a table(?) and two human feet. The inscription is under the relief. Irregular letters (lunate three-bar sigma).

M14 Cat. 476

Inscription

Marble, Stone

1st or 2nd century AD? (letter shape). (Roman)

Block of white marble; the right side is broken off. At the back end of the upper face is a rectangular clamp hole.

M14 Cat. 477

Statue Base, Inscription

Marble, Stone

Probably 2nd century AD. (Roman)

Base of white marble, the upper and lower ends with moldings; on the upper surface there are two holes. The script is badly worn.

M14 Cat. 478

Stele, Inscription

Marble, Stone

2nd–3rd century AD (letter shape). (Roman)

Lower right fragment of a stele of white marble. The remains of a relief show the lower part of a bare left leg and foot, and the toes of the right foot of a standing person. Below, there is a protruding zone (H. 0.075) bearing the inscription.

M14 Cat. 479

Stele, Inscription

Marble, Stone

2nd–3rd century AD? (Roman)

Fragment of the right part of a stele(?) of white marble; broken on all other sides.

M14 Cat. 480

Stele, Inscription

Marble, Stone

2nd–3rd century AD? (Roman)

Fragment of the right part of a stele of white marble, broken on all other sides. The script is placed between guidelines.

M14 Cat. 481

Inscription

Marble, Stone

2nd–3rd century AD? (Roman)

Fragment, probably the right part of a stele of white marble; the right edge is preserved, broken on all other sides.

M14 Cat. 482

Stele, Inscription

Marble, Stone

2nd–3rd century AD? (Roman)

Fragment of a stele of white marble; broken on all sides. Above the inscription there are the remains of a crescent.

M14 Cat. 483

Statue Base, Inscription

Marble, Stone

(According to letter shape): (a) 1st–2nd century AD; (b) later Roman Imperial period. (Roman)

Partly damaged base of local marble; parts of the upper and lower molding are preserved. The remains of the last four lines of the first inscription are preserved on the front face (a): H. of letters 0.025. In a later reuse of the base, the left face...

M14 Cat. 484

Altar, Inscription

Marble, Stone

2nd century AD? (letter shape). (Roman)

Altar of white marble, partly damaged. There are moldings above (with acroteria) and below.

M14 Cat. 485

Altar, Inscription

Marble, Stone

Unknown. (Roman)

Lower part of a small altar of white marble, the lower end with molding; broken at top.

M14 Cat. 486

Mosaic, Inscription

Mosaic

Late 4th or early 5th century (see Ameling). On the date of the Synagogue as a whole, see M. Rautman, “Sardis in Late Antiquity,” in Archaeology and the Cities of Asia Minor in Late Antiquity, ed. O. Dally and Ch. Ratté (2011), pp. 16–17; and A. Seager, The Synagogue at Sardis, Sardis Report, forthcoming). (Roman)

Mosaic inscription in a wreath.

M14 Cat. 487

Mosaic, Inscription

Mosaic

After 337–41 AD (date of a coin from beneath the mosaic); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)

Mosaic inscription in a circular frame.