9.111. Dedication to a benefactor
- Description:
- Fragment from the right side of a white marble base with upper moulding (W. 0.31 × H. 0.21 × D. 0.45).
- Text:
- Inscribed on a worn face.
- Letters:
- 0.015
- Date:
- First to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Sebasteion: in a group of stones apparently from the Sebasteion excavation.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1988 (Sebasteion 1)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1[·· ? ·· σω]τῆρι vac. κ̣[αὶ]
- 2[εὐεργέτῃ ·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ··]ΤΗΡΙ ·[··]
- 2[········ - - - ]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
σω
</supplied>
τῆρι
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
κ
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
αὶ
</supplied>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
εὐεργέτῃ
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
Translation:
? ... for the] saviour and [benefactor] [...]
Commentary:
Perhaps a dedication to an emperor; but this terminology can be used of other benefactors
Photographs:
- Face (1988)
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