INSCRIPTION
Inscription recording the donors of Peirene’s fountain marble revetments
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
(l. 8)
m[ater eiu]ṣ [A]ṇto[nia] Sedata
Inscription Type: |
Votive Inscription |
Date: |
117-125 CE |
Location: |
Corinth |
Museum (Storage Place: |
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Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
[A]nto[nia] Sedata |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Benefactress |
Comments: |
Latin inscription (fifteen fragments from a slab of white marble) on the Peirene fountain, recording the names of the members of a family, including Antonia Sedata, who were most probably the donors of the fountain’s marble revetments. Antonia Sedata was the mother of the prominent Antonius Sospis. |
Bibliography: |
Corinth VIII.3.170, l. 8; RP I, COR 34. |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-08-04 |
Edited: |