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Inscribed Base (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Inscribed Base, In Situ (reused in late phase of Wadi B Temple terrace wall) (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Base (reused in late phase of Wadi B Temple terrace wall): Honorific Inscription for Tatia?
- Date
- 1st–2nd century AD., Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S13.148
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Statue Base, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Honorific Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
- - - - - - [ ] κ̣αὶ [ ]Ν̣ Τατίας [ ] . ΑΠΑΣΤΕΡΤΙ- 4 [ . . .]Ι̣ΟΥ ἐκγόνης ΑΥ [ . . ] τ̣ῆς ἱερείας τῆς [?]ΑΡΕΙΜΑΣ, καὶ Οὐερε- νικιανοῦ, ὑοῦ τῆς 8 vac. Τατίας. vac.
- Inscription Translation
- “[ - - - ] and [ - - - ] of Tatia [ - - - ] of [ - - - ] granddaughter [ - - ], of the priestess of AREIMAS, and of Verenicianos, son of the (aforementioned) Tatia.”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- F55
- Trench
- F55 13.1
- Locus
- F55 13.1 Locus 3
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E772.4 / S178.7 *129.388
- Findspot
- Field 55, east side of Wadi B Temple terrace, built (inscribed side facing inward) into late phase of terrace wall.
- Description
Base of marble; broken above and on the left. The remains of l. 1 are on a small joining fragment.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.60, W. ca. 0.43, Th. ca. 0.43, H. of letters 0.03.
- Comments
It is probable—but not certain—that this is the end of an honorific inscription.
Σ is written inverted; ligature l. 4 NH.
3 ΑΠΑ is preceded by the remains of the lower part of a vertical stroke.
3–4 OY (l. 4) is preceded by a vertical stroke. - ΑΠΑ Στερτι/[ν]ί̣ου?, which would not fill the lacuna at the beginning of l. 4: perhaps Στερτι/[νε]ί̣ου? Or ΑΠΑΣ Τερτι/[. . .].ου? Τερτι/[α]ν̣οῦ would not fill the lacuna at the beginning of l. 4 either.
4–5 Either ἐκγόνης αὐ/[τῆς] τ̣ῆς ἱερείας… (“granddaughter of the very priestess…”) or ἐκγόνης αὐ/[τοῦ], τ̣ῆς ἱερείας… (“his granddaughter, the priestess…”) has probably to be restored, in spite of the narrow lacuna in l. 5.
6 It seems that at the beginning of the line a goddess was named, and Tatia was her priestess. ΑΡΕΙΜΑΣ (perhaps preceded by the remains of the lower part of a vertical stroke) remains unexplained. Homer, B 783 has ἐν Ἀρίμοις (W. Leaf in his commentary [1902]: “Ἄριμα is said to be a volcanic region in Kilikia, or, according to others, in Mysia, Lydia or Syria.”). Writing on the Katakekaumene, Strabo (13, 4, 11 [p. 628]), quoting Xanthos (FGrHist. 765 F 13b), mentions a mythic king of that area named Ἀριμοῦς: Ξάνθος δὲ καὶ Ἀριμοῦν τινα λέγει τῶν τόπων τούτων βασιλέα. Strabo 12, 8, 19 [p. 578] (Xanthos, FGrHist. 765 F 13a): καὶ δὴ καὶ τὰ περὶ τὸν Τυφῶνα πάθη ἐνταῦθα (sc. in the Katakekaumene) μυθεύουσι καὶ τοὺς Ἀρίμους, καὶ τὴν Κατακεκαυμένην ταύτην εἶναί φασιν; cf. TAM V 1, p. 79. In SEG 9, 484 (Cyrenaica) an Ἀριμμ[ας] Μαίων is on record.
6–7 Οὐερε/νικιανοῦ: The name is usually written Βερε-.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished.
- Author
- GP