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    Inscribed Revetment Fragments (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Inscribed Revetment Fragments (from Synagogue, Main Hall, Bay 1): Revetment Inscription, by Aurelios Euphrosynos

Date
First quarter of the 5th century AD? (Ameling)., Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
IN62.303
Material
Marble, Stone
Object Type
Inscription
Inscription Type
Religious Inscription
Inscription language
Greek
Inscription Text
		[Α]ὐρ. Εὐφρόσυνος β´ Σαρδ. βουλ.
	2	[ἐ]κ τῶν {των} [τ]ῆς Προνοίας ἐσκ[ούτλωσα].
Inscription Translation
“Aur(elios) Euphrosynos, son of Aurelios Euphrosynos, citizen of Sardis, councilor, from the gifts of Providence, I gave the revetment.”
Inscription Comment
Site
Sardis
Sector
Syn
Trench
RT 62
Locus
Syn MH Above Floor
B-Grid Coordinates
E40 / N18 *98.00
Findspot
Synagogue, Main Hall, Bay 1, northwest and southwest corners.
Description

Fragments of two panels of wall revetment of white marble.

Dimensions
H. 0.36, preserved W. 1.57, H. of letters 0.09–0.10.
Comments

1 On the identity of the dedicant, see no. 518, 2 comm. - Σαρδ. (mark of abbreviation preserved) βουλ.: see no. 488, 4–5.

Date: cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating.

See Also
Bibliography
A. Th. Kraabel in Stud. on the Jewish Diaspora…, ed. B. Isaac and A. Oppenheimer (1996), p. 77; Kroll, “Inscr. Synagogue,” p. 24, no. 16; and p. 72, fig. 18 (Ameling, Inscr. Jud. Or. II, pp. 252–53, no. 77; SEG 51, 1636; AE 2001, 1881).
Author
GP