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View of the Synagogue©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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View of the Synagogue©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Section of the Synagogue.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Model of the Synagogue.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Inscribed Fragments of Menorah Crossbar (from Synagogue, Main Hall), by SokratesM14 Cat. 556
Inscription
Marble, Stone
About the final phase of the Synagogue (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating. (Roman)
Two non-joining fragments (a, b) of the crossbar of a marble menorah.
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Socrates MenorahR2 Cat. 226
Sculpture
Marble, Stone
1st half of 4th C. AD? (Roman)
This was originally a seven-branched candlestick with a central vertical stem. Each branch, oval in section, has an incised lozenge pattern (L. 0.05, W. 0.022), carefully but monotonously cut. This pattern is to suggest stylized leaves of rhomboid sh...
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Wall Mosaic Fragment (from Synagogue, East Road colonnade): Building? Inscription stating “from the [gifts of Providence…”M14 Cat. 497
Mosaic, Inscription
Mosaic
4th–5th century AD (Ameling). (Roman)
Fragment of a wall mosaic; letters formed of beige tesserae are set in a field of bright blue ones, bordered above and below with horizontal rows of beige and black.
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Andrew Seager in the Synagogue©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Phase plan of the Synagogue.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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State plan of the Synagogue.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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View of Forecourt of Synagogue.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Cleaning the mosaics of the Synagogue©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Inscribed Slab (from Synagogue, Main Hall, Bay 2): “… Lord, help” (Blessing Inscription?)M14 Cat. 558
Inscription
Marble, Stone
End of the 3rd century AD (letter shape; see SEG). (Roman)
Upper left edge of a slab of marble; broken on all the other edges.
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Marble menorah from the Synagogue©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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View of the Synagogue during excavation.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Isometric restoration drawing of the Synagogue.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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View of the Main Hall of Synagogue.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Detail of mosaic in apse of the Synagogue.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Plan of mosaic pavements in the Synagogue.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Menorah plaque from the Synagogue.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Drawing of a menorah from the Synagogue.
©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Sigma Table from the Synagogue.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Forecourt of the synagogue with new roof.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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View of cryptoporticus under the Synagogue.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Inscribed Revetment Fragment (from Synagogue, Main Hall): Revetment InscriptionM14 Cat. 501
Inscription
Marble, Stone
Hardly before the last quarter of the 4th century AD (Ameling). (Roman)
Fragment of wall revetment of white marble, which belonged either to no. 498 or 499 (for further details see the lemmata there). Other insignificant fragments, which are not reproduced here, are given in Kroll, p. 24; Ameling, p. 250, in the comment...
