INSCRIPTION
Honourific inscription to C. Iulius Eurycles Herculanus, funded by his cousin Iulia Balbilla
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 vac. Ἁ πόλ[ις τὸ μνημεῖον (?) vac.]
Γ̣αΐῳ Ἰουλί[ῳ Φαβίᾳ Εὐρυκλεῖ Ἡρ]-
κλανῷ ἥρω[ι· προσδεξαμένης τὸ]
ἀνάλωμα αὐ̣[τοῦ (?) καὶ τὰ ἔ]ργα ἐ[πι]-
5 μ̣ελουμένης [Ἰουλί]ας Βαλβίλ[λης]
vac. τῆς ἀνεψιᾶς αὐτοῦ vac.
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
136/7 CE |
Location: |
Sparta, blocks reused in the late Roman wall of the Spartan Acropolis, to the west of tower ‘E’ |
Museum (Storage Place: |
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Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Ιουλία Βαλβίλλα |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Funded honours |
Comments: |
Two blocks recording a building for the heros and prominent local man C. Iulius Eurycles Herculanus (RP II, LAC 462), set up by the polis of Sparta and funded by his cousin Iulia Balbilla, who also supervised the construction of the monument. On the person, see PIR2 C 813, Spawforth 1978, 249-255, Cartledge – Spawforth 2002, 110 who describe her as poetess and companion of the empress Sabina. She was also the sister of the eminent Athenian citizen C. Iulius Epiphanes Philopappos. |
Bibliography: |
IG V 1, 489 + 575; Spawforth 1978, 249-255 (SEG 28, 1978, 412); RP II, LAC 381 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-08-21 |
Edited: |