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Mosaic Inscription in wreath (from Synagogue, Main Hall, Apse): Votive, by the Flavii Stratonikianos and SynphorosM14 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.
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Inscribed FragmentM14 Cat. 744
Inscription
Marble, Stone
1st–2nd century AD? (letter shape). (Roman)
Fragment of white marble; broken on all sides, rear face roughly picked.
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Impression in mortar left by inscription used as revetmentM14 Cat. 772
Inscription
Mortar
Roman Imperial period. (Roman)
Impression in mortar left by an inscription used as revetment.
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Flight through the Synagogue during construction of a protective roof, 2021, and after cleaning the mosaics.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Flight through Sardis: the monumental arch, Lydian gate, Bath-Gymnasium Complex, and Synagogue.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Flight through the Synagogue during construction of a protective roof, 2021, and after cleaning the mosaics.
©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Three-dimensional computer model of the columnar monument from the Synagogue (Alexander Meyer, 2014).©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Plan of Synagogue, Colonnaded Avenue, Monumental Arch, and Byzantine Shops, with Lydian Gate beneath.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Glass floor constructed over the mosaic in the northern portico of the Marble Road, near the Synagogue.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Cleaning the mosaics of the Synagogue using the treatment developed for the temple of Artemis, with conservator Hiroko Kariya.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Table legs with eagles in relief, restored top of casts of A and B in front of the Synagogue apse.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Pair of addorsed lions sejant, Lions C and D in situ near Synagogue apse.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Large recumbent lion, side view. Set up at find spot near Synagogue.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Pair of addorsed lions sejant, Lions C and D in situ near Synagogue apse.
©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Table legs with eagles in relief, restored top of casts of A and B in front of the Synagogue apse.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Pair of addorsed lions sejant, Lions C and D in situ near Synagogue apse.
©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Inscribed Revetment Fragments (from Synagogue, Main Hall, Bay 1): Revetment Inscription, by Aurelios EuphrosynosM14 Cat. 504
Inscription
Marble, Stone
First quarter of the 5th century AD? (Ameling). (Roman)
Fragments of three (of four) panels of wall revetment of white marble.
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Inscribed Revetment Fragments (from Synagogue, Main Hall, Bay 4): Revetment Inscription, ex voto, by Leontios, GodfearerM14 Cat. 509
Inscription
Marble, Stone
5th–6th century AD (Bonz); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)
Panel of wall revetment of white marble; broken in many fragments, some of which are missing. On the upper and the right sides are the remains of moldings (one groove and two grooves, respectively).
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Inscribed Revetment Fragments (from Synagogue, Main Hall, Bay 4): Revetment Inscription, ex voto, by Leontios, GodfearerM14 Cat. 510
Inscription
Marble, Stone
5th–6th century AD (Bonz); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)
Panel of wall revetment of white marble, broken in many fragments, some of which are missing.
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Inscribed tabula ansata in raised relief (from Synagogue, Main Hall): Revetment Inscription, by Memnonios, associated with Torah shrineM14 Cat. 550
Inscription
Marble, Stone
Late 4th–6th century AD; cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)
Fragments of a tabula ansata of white marble with an inscription in raised relief; two flowers and tendrils are depicted at each end. The three registers of the inscription stand within four horizontal lines. The depressed background had been painted...
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Inscribed Panels (from Synagogue, Main Hall): Votive Inscription for the Menorah (“seven-branched candlestick”), by Aurelius Hermogenes, GodfearerM14 Cat. 553
Inscription
Marble, Stone
4th–6th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)
Two joining panels of marble; in the upper panel are ll. 1–10; “the plaque was attached to a base of masonry on which the menorah stood” (Kroll).
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Inscribed Panel Fragments (from Synagogue, Main Hall): Votive Inscription, by Aurelius Symeonios, councilorM14 Cat. 554
Inscription
Marble, Stone
4th–6th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)
Panel of marble broken into fragments, some of which are missing.
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Inscribed Pedestal (from Synagogue, Main Hall): Pedastal (for Menorah?), by Aurelius Basileides, ex-procuratorM14 Cat. 557
Inscription
Marble, Stone
4th–6th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)
Pedestal of marble. On the upper surface is part of an “iron pin that anchored the object displayed on the pedestal (another menorah?)” (Kroll).
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Inscribed Fragments (from Synagogue, Forecourt and East Road portico): Votive Inscription by Aurelios [- -]iarosM14 Cat. 559
Inscription
Marble, Stone
4th–6th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)
Three non-joining fragments of a crowning member of marble. “The inscription runs across one face on the cyma molding” (Kroll). At the left of the text (which is in one line) is the depiction of a menorah and ivy leaf; at the right: a Torah shrine co...
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Inscribed Fragments (inside circular medallion, from Synagogue, Main Hall, Bay 1): Blessing Inscription?M14 Cat. 563
Inscription
Marble, Stone
4th–6th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)
(a) “Five joining fragments of an inscription inside a circular medallion on a large square or rectangular slab” of marble (Kroll); (b) “a non-joining fragment”. “On the back side…there is a hole for an iron pin for fastening the slab to a wall” (Kro...
