INSCRIPTION
Honourific inscription to Aurelia Teimokrateia set up by the polis of Sparta
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 Ἁ πόλις
Α<ὐ>ρ(ηλίαν) Τειμοκράτειαν
Ἀσκληπιάδου θοι〚․〛-
[ν]αρμόστριαν εἰς Ἀρ〚․․〛-
5[ε]ίας (?) καὶ ἀγορᾶχον,
[ἀρ]ετᾶς ἕνεκεν καὶ
[τᾶ]ς εἰς τὰς θεὰς εὐ-
σεβείας
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
3rd c. CE |
Location: |
Kalyvia Sochas, among the ruins of the church of Hagia Sophia |
Museum (Storage Place: |
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Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Αυρηλία Τειμοκράτεια |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Received honours - thoinarmostria - agorachos |
Comments: |
Square base bearing a honourific inscription for Aurelia Teimokrateia, whose statue was dedicated by the polis of Sparta praising her virtue and piety towards the goddesses. On Aurelia Teimokrateia, see Bradford, 412 (1). The cultic titles of thoinarmostria and agorachos are connected with the cult of Demeter and Kore and, therefore, the inscription must have originated from the nearby sanctuary of the Eleusinian Demeter. |
Bibliography: |
IG V 1, 606, add. p. 304; RP II, LAC 69; πρβλ. Tod 1952, 121-122; Hupfloher 2000, 41-43 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-08-16 |
Edited: |