INSCRIPTION
Dedication of a statue to the hearth-initiate Poplia Aelia Herennia by her homonymous mother
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
Ἀγαθῆι τύχηι
τοῖν Θεοῖν
τὴν ἀφ’ ἑστίας μύστιν Ποπλίαν
Αἰλίαν Ἑρεννίαν Πο(πλίου) Αἰλίου Ἀπολ-
5 λωνίου θυγατέρα ἄρξαντος τὴν
ἐπώνυμον ἀρχὴν καὶ ἄρξαντος
τὴν τοῦ βασιλέως ἀρχὴν καὶ
στρατηγήσαντος ἐπὶ τοὺς ❦
ὁπλείτας καὶ ἐπιμελησαμένου
10 τῆς γυμνασιαρχίας καὶ κηρυ-
κεύσαντος τῆς ἐξ Ἀρείου πά-
γου βουλῆς ἡ μήτηρ Ποπλία
Αἰλία Ἑρεννία τὴν ἀπὸ Κόνωνος
καὶ Καλλιμάχου παρὰ τὸν πρό-
15 θειον Πό(πλιον) Αἴλ(ιον) Διονύσιον τὸν δᾳ-
δουχήσαντα.
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
late 2nd - early 3rd c. CE |
Location: |
Eleusis, built into a ‘Byzantine wall’ blocking the northernmost entrance to the Telesterion |
Museum (Storage Place: |
Eleusis, Telesterion |
Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Ποπλία Αιλία Ερεννία (Ι) |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Bestowed honours |
Comments: |
Base of white (‘Pentelic’) marble. Dedication of a statue to the hearth-initiate Poplia Aelia Herennia by her homonymous mother. |
Bibliography: |
IG II² 3688; I.Eleusis 621 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-12-21 |
Edited: |