INSCRIPTION

Dedication of a statue to the hearth-initiate Fabius, relative of Flavia Prokleiane

"INSCRIPTION TEXT"

frg. a [— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —]
[— — — — — — — — — — —]Α̣Ν[— — — — — —]
[μυηθέντα ἀφ’ ἑ]στίας ∙ συνκλητικὸ[ν — — — —]
[— — — — — χιλία]ρχον ∙ λεγιῶνο[ς — — ταμίαν]
[ἐπαρχείας Μακεδ]ονίας τΙ̣[— — — — — — — —]
5 [— — — — — — — —]Ο̣Υ ∙ Λ[— — — — — — — —]
[— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —]

frg. b.6 [— — — — — — —]Σ̣[— — —]
[․․5․․․] Φλα̣βί̣ας Προκ[ληιανῆς]
ἀρχιερεία̣ς τ̣ῆ̣ς Μ̣ητρὸ̣ς [τῶν Θεῶν]
Βοιωτίας ∙ υἱόν, vacat
10 πατέρα̣ Φαβίων ∙ Δημητρίο[υ]
καὶ Α̣ἰμελιανο̣[ῦ κ]α̣ὶ̣ Πρ̣ό̣κ[λου]
vac. συνκ[λητικῶν].

frg. c [— — — — — — — — — — —]
13 [— — — — — — — — — —]Ι̣ενου
[— — — — — — — — — —]ου
15 [— — — — — — — — — —]ων
[— — — — — — — — — — —]
  Inscription Type: Honourific inscription
  Date: ca. 225-250 CE?
  Location: Eleusis
  Museum (Storage Place: Archaeological Museum of Eleusis
  Inv. no:
  Name of Woman Φλαβία Προκληιανή
  Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): High-priestess
   Comments:

Three non-joining fragments of a base of white (‘Pentelic’) marble. Dedication of a statue to the prominent senator, tribunus militum, quaestor of the province of Macedonia and hearth-initiate Fabius. He was somehow related (husband?) to Flavia Prokleiane, high-priestess of the Mother of Gods.

  Bibliography:

IG II² 3646; I.Eleusis 640

  Author: Giorgos Mitropoulos
  Added: 2024-12-18
  Edited: