M14 Cat. 424

Mosaic, Inscription

Mosaic

Ca. 5th–6th century AD. (Roman)

Partly damaged mosaic inscription in a tabula ansata.

M14 Cat. 425

Architecture, Inscription

Marble, Stone

Ca. 5th–6th century AD. (Roman)

Block with a vertical break near the midpoint; cut off above; the left side seems to be original, while the back is heavily picked but smoothed from being walked upon.

M14 Cat. 426

Mosaic, Inscription

Mosaic

“Postérieure à 400 en raison des monnaies trouvées sous la mosaique” (D. Feissel, BE 2009, 616); Evans offers a terminus post quem of ca. 425 AD (Evans, M13, pp. 77–78, Deposit 1). (Roman)

Mosaic inscription from Lower Mosaic of south colonnade of Roman Colonnaded Avenue. “Mosaic with geometrical motifs…; inscription in the center within a rectangular panel with double frame” (SEG 41).

M14 Cat. 427

Architecture, Inscription

Marble, Stone

4th–6th century AD. (Roman)

(a) Architectural piece of white marble with a molding on the far right side; the rear is broken away. (b) Architectural piece of white marble; on the left front are the remains of a curved cornice, while the inscribed surface is smoothed; the sides,...

M14 Cat. 428

Architecture, Inscription

Marble, Stone

4th–6th century AD (Hanfmann and Ramage). (Roman)

Base of marble for a fountain; the upper left and right corners are broken away. Lettering sloppy.

M14 Cat. 429

Architecture, Inscription

Marble, Stone

Ca. 570 AD (Merkelbach and Stauber). (Roman)

“Various pieces of an inscription carved on the podium of the Marble Court” (SEG 36). The verses 1–8 are written in one line (a); the prose part in two lines (b). Lunate epsilon and sigma.

M14 Cat. 430

Architecture, Inscription

Marble, Stone

6th century AD (letter shape). (Roman)

Fragment of a closure slab of marble that was decorated with a cross. The inscription is on the upper part of the molding.

M14 Cat. 431

Mosaic, Inscription

Mosaic

After 590/91 AD (Evans, M13, pp. 83–85). (Roman)

Mosaic inscription from Upper Mosaic of south colonnade of Roman colonnaded avenue.

M14 Cat. 432

Stele, Inscription

Marble, Stone

2nd–1st century BC? (Hellenistic)

Partly broken and damaged stele of local stone.

M14 Cat. 433

Inscription

Stone

Late antiquity? (Roman)

Rupestral boundary inscription on the face of a cliff.

M14 Cat. 434

Statue Base, Inscription

Marble, Stone

The year indicated in l. 1 corresponds to 368/67 or 365 BC (Artaxerxes II); P. Briant (see below) does not exclude the mention of Artaxerxes I in ll. 1–2, whose thirty-ninth year would correspond to 427/26 BC. Rigsby (p. 10) dates the prohibitions ll. 5–13 “from perhaps as early 100 BC…through the first century AD…They may well be contemporary with each other and with the inscription itself in the second century AD.” The actual inscription is a copy which can approximately be dated to the mid-second century AD. (Roman)

Block of marble. It has anathyrosis and a hole on the rear front.

M14 Cat. 435

Altar, Inscription

Marble, Stone

1st century BC? (a somewhat earlier or later date is not excluded). (Hellenistic or Roman)

Cylindrical altar of marble. There are moldings on the upper and lower ends and a hole on the upper surface. Below the inscription, an eagle is holding a thunderbolt; behind the eagle are bucrania, a garland, and three paterae. L. 1 is on the lower b...

M14 Cat. 436

Altar, Inscription

Marble, Stone

Probably under the reign of Eumenes II, after 188 BC (ed. pr., who compares the letter shape with that of Sardis VII 1, no. 88). (Hellenistic)

Block of white marble; the original height is preserved; broken on the right and left sides. On the upper side there is a hole; the rear is roughly chiseled.

M14 Cat. 437

Altar, Inscription

Marble, Stone

In the area north of the Gygaean Lake the Sullan era (year 230 = 145/46 AD) was used as well as the Actian (year 230 = 199/200 AD); see Leschhorn, Ären, pp. 505–6. (Roman)

Quadrangular altar with moldings at the top and bottom.

M14 Cat. 438

Stele, Inscription

Marble, Stone

2nd–3rd century AD? (Roman)

Fragment of a stele of white marble; the original width is preserved, but the beginning and the end of the lines are damaged. On the upper side there are remains of a molding. The script runs between guidelines. Squared lunate sigma.

M14 Cat. 439

Pottery, Graffito

Ceramic

Found in a Hellenistic fill contemporary with or slightly predating the Temple of Artemis; the cup is probably Persian or early Hellenistic. (Late Lydian or Hellenistic)

Base of a cup.

M14 Cat. 440

Statue Base, Inscription

Marble, Stone

20–30 AD (Hanfmann and Ramage). (Roman)

Base of marble with moldings on the upper and lower edges; partly damaged. On the upper surface there is a recess for the plinth of a statue.

M14 Cat. 441

Stele, Inscription

Marble, Stone

End of the 2nd–beginning of the 1st century BC (Herrmann). (Hellenistic)

“Marble stele with triangular pediment with acroteria”. “Lower part of the stone is missing.” Ll. 22–34 are written “in higher letters, possibly later additions by a different mason” (Malay and Nalbantoğlu).

M14 Cat. 442

Inscription

Marble, Stone

1st century AD? (letter shape). (Roman)

Faceted column, possibly from a Doric stoa or the colonnade of a peristyle court; broken at the top.

M14 Cat. 443

Inscription

Marble, Stone

1st century BC–1st century AD (letter shape). (Roman)

Two joining pieces of the edge of a circular basin of white marble; broken on the left, rear, and right. The inscription is on the smoothed edge.

M14 Cat. 444

Altar, Inscription

Marble, Stone

Probably between 31 and 28 BC (see ll. 1–2 comm.). (Roman)

Upper part of a cylindrical altar; the upper molding is damaged. In the middle of the upper surface there is a shallow circular hole. The lower part with molding is broken off and kept separately.

M14 Cat. 445

Architecture, Inscription

Marble, Stone

After 212 AD? (name Aur[elius] in l. 2). (Roman)

Voussoir, inscribed on at least three fasciae. The right edge is preserved; the left is broken but preserved further back on the stone so the length of the lines can be estimated. In the top line about 0.15 m is lost. The block served as keystone of ...

M14 Cat. 446

Architecture, Inscription

Marble, Stone

After 212 AD? (Roman)

Reused Hellenistic column drum from the Temple of Artemis, cut into a voussoir belonging to the monumental arch at the intersection of the colonnaded Marble Road and the East Road, and inscribed. It served as keystone of the east face of the main arc...

M14 Cat. 447

Statue Base, Inscription

Marble, Stone

211–12 AD. (Roman)

Base of white marble consisting of two big joining blocks. The blocks rest upon a larger base with molding. The script runs over the joint.

M14 Cat. 448

Stele, Inscription

Marble, Stone

Not too late in the 1st century AD (Robert). (Roman)

Stele of marble with molding above; upper side damaged, broken on the left and below. L. 1 is above, ll. 2–9 are below the molding.