M14 Cat. 535

Inscription

Marble, Stone

Hardly before the end of the 4th century AD, perhaps later (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)

Fragments of a strip of white marble streaked with red and purple. The inscription is in one line.

M14 Cat. 565

Inscription, Graffito

Marble, Stone

4th–6th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)

“Graffito on the marble pavement…a circle, divided into eight segments with a letter in each segment” (Kroll).

M14 Cat. 597

Cinerarium Lid, Inscription

Marble, Stone

Unknown. (Roman)

Fragment of the left portion of a cinerarium lid; broken on the upper, right, and lower sides.

M14 Cat. 730

Inscription

Marble, Stone

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

Three fragments of local marble. (a) has a portion of the right edge; (b) is broken on all sides; (c) is broken on all sides. The relative positions of the fragments in the original text is unclear.

M14 Cat. 732

Inscription

Marble, Stone

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

Two non-joining fragments of bluish-white marble. (a) is, except for a portion of the upper edge, broken on all sides and has traces of burning. Ll. 1–4 are largely erased. (b) is broken, except for a portion of the right edge.

M14 Cat. 780

Inscription

Marble, Stone

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

Fragment of marble, broken on all sides.

M14 Cat. 783

Inscription

Marble, Stone

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

Fragment of a plaque of white marble. The rear face is well smoothed, and the edges are trimmed for reuse. In approximately the middle of the lower edge are the remains of a fixing clamp. Squared lunate sigma.

M14 Cat. 786

Inscription, Graffito

Marble, Stone

4th–6th century AD (Ameling). (Roman)

Graffito on a column.

M14 Cat. 302

Architecture, Inscription

Marble, Stone

First half of the 2nd century BC. (Hellenistic)

Block of grayish-white marble, upper left corner damaged. Below the inscription there is a blank space of 0.115 m; separated by a blank space of 0.16 m, it is preceded by no. 310. For further details, see Gauthier, pl. XII (drawing of the stone).

M14 Cat. 491

Mosaic, Inscription

Mosaic

Second half of the 4th century AD?; cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)

Mosaic inscription, originally in a square tabula ansata. “All tesserae are missing, but several letters have been identified from their imprint in the concrete bedding” (Kroll).

M14 Cat. 555

Inscription

Marble, Stone

4th–6th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)

“The upper left and the bottom fragments of a single plaque” of white marble (Kroll). Letters have traces of red paint. The plaque “was probably attached to one of the furnishings that were clustered at the middle of the western end of the Main Hall”...

M14 Cat. 493

Mosaic, Inscription

Mosaic

After 351–61 AD (date of the latest coins from beneath the mosaic). (Roman)

Mosaic inscription in a rectangular frame.

©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College

©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College

©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College

©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College

LATW Cat. 224

Metalwork

Bronze/Copper Alloy

5th to 7th c, with early 7th c context suggesting 6th to 7th c (Late Roman)

Two small, nearly identical lion’s heads, with flat backs for attachments to some other object, such as a chest or piece of furniture. The heads are simply rendered, with round ears, long muzzles, and open mouths that may have held ring handles. Rath...

M14 Cat. 568a

Inscription

Plaster

Later Roman Imperial period. (Roman)

“Fragment of wall plaster with painted inscription; under the inscription a zigzag border” (SEG).

M14 Cat. 311

Architecture, Inscription

Marble, Stone

Reign of Antiochos III (letter shape). (Hellenistic)

Three joining fragments of white marble with reddish patina. The uppermost fragment is the upper left corner of a block similar to those containing the inscriptions nos. 307–310; part of the left edge is preserved, elsewhere broken.

M14 Cat. 492

Mosaic, Inscription

Mosaic

Second half of the 4th century AD? (Roman)

Fragmentary mosaic.

M14 Cat. 515

Inscription

Marble, Stone

Hardly before the last quarter of the 4th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)

Five fragments of an uncertain number of panels of wall revetment of white marble. The inscription is in one line.

M14 Cat. 522

Inscription

Marble, Stone

Hardly before the last quarter of the 4th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)

Fragments of three (or more) panels of wall revetment of white marble. The inscription is in one line.

M14 Cat. 525

Inscription

Marble, Stone

Hardly before the last quarter of the 4th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)

Fragments of a plaque of white marble.

M14 Cat. 537

Inscription

Marble, Stone

Hardly before the end of the 4th century AD, perhaps later (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)

Six fragments of a strip of purplish streaked marble. The inscription is in one line.

M14 Cat. 561

Inscription

Marble, Stone

4th–6th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)

Two joining pieces of a segment of a crowning member of marble; broken at left, right, and behind; perhaps a “door lintel?”, Kroll. The inscription runs across the upper fascia in one line.