INSCRIPTION

Dedication of a statue to the hearth-initiate Honoratiane Polycharmis

"INSCRIPTION TEXT"

1 Ὁνωρατιανὴν ❦
Πολυχαρμίδα
τὴν καὶ Φαιναρέ-
την Ὁνωρατιανοῦ
5 Πολυχάρμου καὶ
Κλαυδίας Θεμιστο-
κλείας θυγατέρα,
Κλαυδίων Πραξα-
γόρου καὶ Φιλίππου
10 τῶν δᾳδουχησάν-
των ἀπόγονον,
τὴν ἀφ’ ἑστίας.
  Inscription Type: Honourific inscription
  Date: ca. 220 CE
  Location: Eleusis, built into a Byzantine wall blocking the northernmost entrance to the Telesterion
  Museum (Storage Place: Eleusis, Telesterion
  Inv. no:
  Name of Woman Ονωρατιανή Πολυχαρμίς
  Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): Hearth-initiate - Received honours
   Comments:

Base of white (‘Pentelic’) marble. Dedication of a statue to the hearth-initiate Honoratiane Polycharmis, also known as Phaenarete. She was daughter of Claudia Themistokleia who had also been hearth-initiate and descendant of the dadouchs Claudius Praxagoras and Philippos (see IG II² 3693, Appendix, n. ).

  Bibliography:

IG II² 3710; I.Eleusis 639

  Author: Giorgos Mitropoulos
  Added: 2024-12-23
  Edited: