INSCRIPTION
Honourific inscription to M. Aurelius Palaestrites, funded by his sisters
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 Ἡ πόλις
Μ(ᾶρκον) Αὐρ(ήλιον) Παλαιστρείτην
σφαιρέα, Κονοουρέα,
σωφροσύνης τε καὶ
5 ἀνδρείας ἕνεκα, προσ-
δεξαμένων τὸ ἀνάλω-
μα Αὐρηλίων Ἀφροδῶς
καὶ Σωτείρας τῶν
ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
After 212 CE (?) |
Location: |
Sparta, at the east gate |
Museum (Storage Place: |
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Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Αυρηλία Αφροδώ |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Funded honours |
Comments: |
Base with cymatia bearing a honourific inscription for M. Aurelius Palaestrites, whose statue was dedicated by the polis and funded by his sisters, Aurelia Aphrodo and Aurelia Soteira. On Aurelia Aphrodo, see Bradford, 87. M. Aurelius Palaestrites was a sphaireus of the phyle of Kynosoura. |
Bibliography: |
IG V 1, 566; RP II, LAC 51 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-08-13 |
Edited: |