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Ancient Sardis, the capital of Lydia, was of outstanding
importance: in the Lydian period it held the residence of the kings
and subsequently, under Persian rule, the satraps. Throughout
antiquity it remained an administrative center. Travelers of modern
times and archaeological excavations have revealed, from the city
site and its surroundings, inscriptions written mostly in Greek,
some in Latin. Their texts deal with all kinds of subjects:
decrees, public honors, civil and sacred laws, letters, epitaphs,
and more. In the corpus "Sardis VII 1" (1932) W. H. Buckler and D.
M. Robinson published all inscriptions (228 items) known up to
1922, after which year excavation at Sardis came to a halt because
of the Greek-Turkish war. Since excavation resumed in 1958, a
portion of the Greek and Latin inscriptions has been published in
various, widely scattered places; another portion, containing
important texts discovered during the last ten years, was until now
unpublished. The aim of this monograph is to present in a
comprehensive corpus the entire epigraphic harvest (485 items) made
in Sardis and its territory since 1958. Each inscription is
accompanied by a description of the monument, bibliography,
translation, and commentary; indices, concordances, photographs,
and maps complement the collection.
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