INSCRIPTION
Dedication of a statue to [—]ia Rufina by her husband, Julius Musonius
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 [․․․․․․c.12․․․․․․]ίαν Ῥουφεῖναν [❦] Ἰούλ(ιος) ❦ Μουσώνιος
[κῆρυξ τ]ῆ[ς] ἐξ Ἀρε̣ίου πάγου βουλῆ[ς], στρατηγὸς ἐπὶ τοὺς
[ὁπλίτας], ἀγωνοθέτης Ὀλυμπ̣[ι]είων, Διὸς Ὀλυμπί-
[ου ἱερεὺ]ς Ἀθ̣ήνησιν, φαιδυντὴ̣ς ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ
5 [❦ ] τὴ̣ν ἀρίστην γυνα̣ῖκα ❦
[❦ Ἰουλ]ίου Ἱεροκήρυκ[ο]ς̣ μητέρα. ❦
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
210-225 CE |
Location: |
Eleusis |
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Name of Woman |
[—]ία Ρουφίνα |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Received honours |
Comments: |
Two joining fragments of a base of white (‘Pentelic’) marble, broken on the left. Dedication of a statue to the most excellent [—]ia Rufina by her husband, Julius Musonius, herald of the Areopagus, hoplite-general, agonothetes of the Olympieia, priest of Zeus Olympius, phaedyntes in Olympia. The honorand was also mother of the hierokyrex Julius Hierokyrex. |
Bibliography: |
IG II² 4075 + 4083; I.Eleusis 633 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2025-01-09 |
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