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

Inscribed Panels (from Synagogue, Main Hall): Votive Inscription for the Menorah (“seven-branched candlestick”), by Aurelius Hermogenes, Godfearer

Date
4th–6th century AD (Ameling); cf. no. 486 on Synagogue dating., Roman
Museum
Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 7108
Museum Inventory No.
7108
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
IN63.049
Material
Marble, Stone
Object Type
Inscription
Inscription Type
Religious Inscription
Inscription language
Greek
Inscription Text
		   Αὐρ.
		Ἑρμογέ-
		νης Σαρδ.
	4	θεοσε-
		βὴς ἐκ
		τῶν τῆς
		Προνοίας
	8	εὐξάμε-
		νος τὸ ἑ-
		πταμύ-
		ξιον ἐ-
	12	ποίησα.
Inscription Translation
“Aurelius Hermogenes, citizen of Sardis, Godfearer, from the (gifts) of Providence, having made a vow, I executed (gave?) the seven-branched candlestick” (Kroll).
Inscription Comment
Site
Sardis
Sector
Syn
Trench
Syn 63
Locus
Syn MH Above Floor
B-Grid Coordinates
E40 / N2 *96.75
Findspot
Synagogue, Main Hall, southwestern corner.
Description

Two joining panels of marble; in the upper panel are ll. 1–10; “the plaque was attached to a base of masonry on which the menorah stood” (Kroll).

Dimensions
H. 0.57, W. 0.21, Th. 0.013, H. of letters 0.03.
Comments

1–3 Another [Αὐρ. Ἑ]ρμογ[ένης Σ]αρδιανό[ς] in no. 524; he is probably not identical to the present person. - After ΑΥΡ and ΣΑΡΔ there are marks of abbreviation.

4–5 See no. 493, 2–3 comm.

See Also
Bibliography
Malay, Manisa Museum, no. 200 [no text]. S. Fine, ed., Sacred Realm… (1996), p. 160, no. 22 (SEG 46, 1518); Kroll, “Inscr. Synagogue,” p. 42, no. 66; and p. 115, fig. 68 (Ameling, Inscr. Jud. Or. II, pp. 287–88, no. 132; AE 2001, 1887). Kroll and Ameling give further bibliographical references.
Author
GP