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Dedication to Horme by Philemation

"INSCRIPTION TEXT"

1 Ὁρμῇ ἐπιταγὴν


     Φιλημάτιν.

  Inscription Type: Votive Inscription
  Date: 1st c. CE
  Location: Athens
  Museum (Storage Place: Epigraphical Museum
  Inv. no:
  Name of Woman Φιλημάτιον
  Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): Dedicator
   Comments: Small round altar of white (‘Pentelic’) marble. Dedication to Horme by Philemation by way of command. Pausanias 1.17.1 also mentions an altar of Horme, the personification of zeal, in Athens.
  Bibliography:

IG II² 4734

  Author: Giorgos Mitropoulos
  Added: 2025-01-27
  Edited: