Description:
Right edge fragment from a white marble ?altar or base without side moulding, but with a decorative swag in relief below (W. 0.10 × H. 0.22 × D. 0.09).
Text:
Letters:
elongated, 0.03
Date:
A.D. 129 - 138 (Reign, titulature)
Findspot:
Sebasteion: NE Por., -1.20
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1981 (81.98)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
0 ·· ? ··]
1[Ἁδριαν]ῷ
2 [Σωτῆ]ρι
3 [Ὀλυμ]πίῳ
3a [·· ? ··] vac.
0·· ? ··]
1[······]Ω
2[····]ΡΙ
3[····]ΠΙΩ
3a[ - - - ]   
<ab>
<lb n="0" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="top" />
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Ἁδριαν
</supplied>
<lb n="2" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Σωτῆ
</supplied>
ρι
<lb n="3" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Ὀλυμ
</supplied>
πίῳ
<lb n="3a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
</ab>

Translation:

[For Hadrian] Saviour, Olympian

Commentary:

The restoration seems likely, on the model of 8.708 (74.73), 8.256 (70.254).

The title Olympios is thought to follow from the dedication of the Olympieion at Athens in autumn 129.

Photographs:

Face (1981)
 Face (1981)

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