• m14-351-10
    Inscribed Base Fragments (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Inscribed Base Fragments (marble collapse in area of late antique Spolia Wall): Honorific Inscription for Statue of Benefactor of the Menogeneion, by Myrinos, his friend

Date
1st–2nd century AD., Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
S13.112
Material
Marble, Stone
Object Type
Statue Base, Inscription
Inscription Type
Honorific Inscription
Inscription language
Greek
Inscription Text
		   -     -     -     -     -     -     -
				  ]ΚΑ[
				  ]ΤΩΝ̣[
				  ] . Η[
	4			  ]ΝΑ[
				  ]ΠΡΩ[Τ
				  ]Ξ[
				  ]ΡΑΜ[
	8			  ]ΚΑΙ[
				  ] . ΔΙΟ[
				  ]ΣΕ̣[
				  ]ΕΣ . [
	12	            Μ]ην[ογεν]ειο[
		            ]α̣ντα τὰς ὀρο[φάς
		            ]ΟΥΤΟΙΣ φιλοτειμ[ ]
		            ]Ο̣Ν ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων καὶ
	16	            ]σαντα λίθοις λευ-
		[κοῖς] τὸ ὕπαιθρον τοῦ
		[Μηνο]γενείου.   leaf
		[           ] Μυρεῖνος ἐπίτρο-
	20	[πος το]ῦ̣ Σεβαστοῦ τὸν
	            [ἀνδριά]ντα τοῦ φίλου
	          [ἐκ τῶν ἰ]δίων ἀνέστησεν.
Inscription Translation
“[ - - - ] first [ - - - - - M]en[ogen]eio[n? - - - building? / repairing?] the roofs [ - - - ] zeal[ - - - ] from his own funds and [ - - - decorating?] with marble stones the open enclosure of the [Meno]geneion. [ - - ] Myrinos, the procurator Augusti erected the statue of his friend [from his] own funds.”
Inscription Comment
Site
Sardis
Sector
F55
Trench
F55 13.1
Locus
F55 05.3 Locus 4
B-Grid Coordinates
E775.6 / S186.06 *129.508
Findspot
Field 55, east side of Wadi B Temple terrace, marble collapse in area of late antique Spolia Wall.
Description

Two joining fragments of a base of marble; the upper fragment is broken on all sides, and the lower above and on the left. There is a molding at the bottom. The fragments join at l. 13.

Dimensions
H. upper frag. 0.67, lower frag. 0.79, W. upper frag. ca 0.24, lower frag. ca. 0.40, Th. ca. 0.51, H. of letters 0.03.
Comments

5 πρω[τόχθων or πρώ[τη?

12 and 18 The Menogeneion is mentioned in Sardis VII 1, no. 17, 15: “The place here named may be connected with Menogenes of no. 8; cf. AJA xviii 1914 p. 341.”

15 Dot: ΙΔΙΩΝ·ΚΑΙ.

16 [κοσμή]σαντα?

See Also
Bibliography
Author
GP