INSCRIPTION
Honourific inscription to M. Aurelius Chrysogonos, funded by Aurelia Sophrosyna and Soteridas
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 Ἡ πόλις
<Μ>(ᾶρκον) ∙ Αὐρήλιον ∙ Χρυσόγονον ∙ τὸν ἱερέα ∙ τῆς
{τῆς} ∙ τε ∙ κατὰ ∙ τὴν ∙ γυμνασιαρχίαν λαμ-
πρ<ότ>ητος ∙ καὶ ∙ τῆς ∙ τῶν ∙ Λυκουργείων <ἐ>-
5 θ̣ῶν ∙ προστασίας ∙ τῆς τε ἄλλης ∙ συνπάσης
ἀρετῆς ∙ ἕνεκεν ∙ δεξαμένων ∙ τὸ ἀνά-
λωμα ∙ τῶν ∙ τέκνων ∙ αὐτοῦ Σωφροσύ-
να<ς> ∙ καὶ ∙ Σωτηρίδα
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Honourific inscription |
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shortly after 212 CE |
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Sparta |
Inv. no: |
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| Αυρηλία Σωφροσύνη | |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Funded honours |
Marble statue base with civic honourific inscription for M. Aurelius Chrysogonos, whose statue was funded by his children Aurelia Sophrosyna and Soteridas. On Aurelia Sophrosyna, see Bradford, 403. Her father was gymnasiarchos and priest, RP II, LAC 114. |
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Bibliography: |
IG V 1, 560, add. σελ. 304; RP II, LAC 66 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-08-16 |
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