• m14-578-10
    Inscribed Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Inscribed Fragment (from fills over marble collapse from late antique Spolia Wall): Part of a “Lydian Chronicle”

Date
2nd–3rd century AD?, Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
S13.070
Material
Marble, Stone
Object Type
Architecture, Inscription
Inscription Type
Varia
Inscription language
Greek
Inscription Text
		-     -     -     -
		] . ΑΣ̣ . [
		  ]ΦΗΣΠ̣[
		  ]ΗΝΑΙΛΕΙ̣[
	4	ἀ]δελφὸς Ν̣[
		   ]ΟΒΗΘΕΠ̣[
		   ] . ΤΗΝΙ̣[
		             ] . [
		-     -     -     -
Inscription Translation
“[- - -] brother [- - -]”
Inscription Comment
Site
Sardis
Sector
F55
Trench
F55 13.1
Locus
F55 13.1 Locus 12
B-Grid Coordinates
E778.35 / S182.15 *128.958
Findspot
Field 55, east side of the Wadi B Temple terrace, fills over marble collapse from the late antique Spolia Wall.
Description

Fragment of white marble; broken on all sides.

Dimensions
H. ca. 0.15, W. ca. 0.10, Th. ca. 0.05, average H. of letters 0.01.
Comments

The thickness of the stone, letter height, interlinear space, and the general shape of the letters (in particular the squared lunate sigma) could suggest that no. 577 and no. 578 belonged to the same document. Yet, it is noteworthy that the script of no. 578 is more carefully (with apices) and more deeply engraved than in no. 577. If, therefore, both fragments belonged to the same document, their position must have been rather distant from each other. The marble of no. 578 seems to be whiter than that of no. 577.

5 There seems to be no obvious restoration; [φ]οβῆθ᾿ ἑπ̣[ - ], [φ]όβη ΘΕΠ̣[ - ], [Νι]όβη θ᾿ ἑπ[- ] have little probability.

See Also
See also: M14, No. 577.
Bibliography
Unpublished. (See now Thonemann 2020.)
Author
GP