Inscription

Dedication to Eileithyia by Gaius Julius Optatus on behalf of Julia Rufina

"INSCRIPTION TEXT"

1                Γά(ιος) Ἰούλιος Ὀπτᾶ[τος]

                 τὴν ἑαυτοῦ θυ(γατέρα) [Ἰου-]

        λίαν Ῥουφῖναν Ἰλιθυίαι

                 χαριστήριον

5               [ἐπὶ] ἱερίας Ἰσιδώρας τῆ[ς]

                 ․c.6․․ ἐξ Αἰ[.c.3 θυ]γα[τρός].

Inscription Type:	Honourific / Votive inscription
Date:	middle of the 2nd c. CE
Location:	Unknown, presumably from an Attic sanctuary of Eileithyia
Museum (Storage Place:	British School of Athens
Inv. no:
Name of Woman	Ισιδώρα
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented):	Priestess
Comments:	Base of grey (‘Hymettian’) marble. Dedication of a statue to Iulia Rufina by her father, Iulius Optatos. The dedication was made to the Eileithyiai, goddesses of childbirth, when Isidora was priestess of the goddess. See also Appendix, n. .
Bibliography:	IG II² 4066; Pingiatoglou, Eileithyia E41; AIUK 2 (BSA), n. 6
Author:	Giorgos Mitropoulos
Added:	2024-12-25
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