INSCRIPTION
Honourific inscription to Claudia Philokrateia, set up by the polis of Sparta
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 Ἡ πόλις
vacat
Κλαυδίαν Φιλοκράτ[ειαν]
Ἀριστοτέλους το<ῦ>
[Σ]παρτιατικοῦ καὶ
5 [Ἰ]ουλίας Ἐτυμοκληδ[εί]-
[ας] τῆς Ἀγαθοκλέος,
τῶν εὐγενεστάτων
[καὶ παν]ταπρώτων
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
presumably first quarter of 3rd c. CE |
Location: |
Built into an aqueduct near the river Eurotas in the area around Sparta |
Museum (Storage Place: |
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Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Κλαυδία Φιλοκράτεια |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Received honours |
Comments: |
Fragment of statue base decorated with cymatium on top bearing a fragmentary honourific inscription set up by the polis of Sparta for Claudia Philokrateia. On the person, see Bradford, 434 (2), cf. Spawforth 1985, 238. She was daughter of the prominent Iulia Etymokledeia who was praised here as εὐγενεστάτη and πανταπρώτη (RP II, LAC 387 [2]) and most probably grand-daughter of the also eminent Memmia Xenokrateia (RP II, LAC 542), see the relevant entries. |
Bibliography: |
IG V 1, 591; πρβλ. Tod 1952, 119-120 (πρβλ. BÉ 1954, 120); RP II, LAC 227 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-08-19 |
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