INSCRIPTION
Honourific inscription to Pompeia Polla, financed by Claudia Damostheneia (I)
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 Ἡ πόλις
Πομπηΐαν Πῶλλαν Θε-
οξένου τὴν ἀρχηΐδα καὶ
θεωρὸν διὰ βίου τοῦ σεμνο-
5 τάτου ἀγῶνος τῶν Ὑακινθί-
ων, σωφροσύνης τε καὶ σε-
μνότητος καὶ τῆς ἄλλης πά-
σης ἀρετῆς τῆς ἐν γυναιξὶν
ἕνεκα, προσδ̣εξαμένων τὸ ἀ-
10 νάλωμα Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου
Αἰλίου Πρατολάου τοῦ καὶ Δα-
μοκρατίδα καὶ Κλαυδίας Δα-
μοσθενείας τῶν ἐκγόνων.
vacat
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
last quarter of 2nd c. CE |
Location: |
Amyclae |
Museum (Storage Place: |
In front of the church at the Amyklaion |
Inv. no: |
|
Name of Woman |
Κλαυδία Δαμοσθενεία (Ι) |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Funded honours |
Comments: |
Square marble statue base on top and bottom decorated with cymatia, bearing a honourific inscription for Pompeia Polla (RP II, LAC 613, see the relevant entry), whose statue was dedicated by the polis and funded by her grand-children Ti. Claudius Aelius Pratolaos (RP II, LAC 290) and Claudia Damostheneia. |
Bibliography: |
IG V 1, 587; RP II, LAC 219 [2] |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-08-17 |
Edited: |