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Inscribed Block from Anta of the Metroon (reused in Synagogue): Letter from Antiochos III Regarding Exemption from Taxes and Royal Grant of GrainM14 Cat. 312
Architecture, Inscription
Marble, Stone
Probably “assez tôt après la fin de la guerre contre Achaios” (Gauthier, p. 129). (Hellenistic)
Three non-joining fragments of white marble. (a) is broken on all sides except for the upper edge, (b) is broken on all sides, and (c) is broken on all sides except for the left edge.
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Inscribed Base: Dedication of Statue of Hera by Iulia Lydia, granddaughter of Sokrates Pardalas (who built temple and set up original statue)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.
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Aerial view of mosaic in context, showing Synagogue at north, Byzantine Shops, northern foundation of monumental arch, street paving, and fallen blocks of monumental arch.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Marble Naiskos of CybeleLATW Cat. 34
Sculpture
Marble, Stone
540-530 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))
Block of white marble carved to represent a rectangular temple with goddess standing in front. The temple is represented by columns, one at each corner and one in the middle of each side and of the back; between columns are three registers of figures...
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Reconstruction of the Synagogue with tetrapylon at its southeast corner, made in 1995-6. The tetrapylon in the corner of the building is now shown to be the northern piers of a monumental three-bayed arch.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Plan of Synagogue, Byzantine Shops, and Road Trench; piers of newly discovered monumental arch in red; Lydian fortification and gate, and other pre-Roman features in light gray.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Plan of Synagogue, Byzantine Shops, and Road Trench; piers and fallen blocks of newly discovered monumental arch in red (RT 14.1); Lydian fortification and other pre-Roman features in light gray.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
