INSCRIPTION
Honourific inscription to Iulia Panthalis
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 [Γ(άϊος) Ἰούλιο]ς Σειμή[δ]-
ης Ἰου̣λ̣ί̣αν Παν-
[θ]αλ̣[ίδα] Ἄ̣γιδος θυ-
γατέρα, τὰν ἰδίαν
5 [ἀν]ε[ψιάν], εὐσεβεί̣-
[α]ς χάριν.
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
1st half of 2nd c. CE |
Location: |
Sparta, built into the Byzantine wall |
Museum (Storage Place: |
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Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Ιουλία Πανθαλίς |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Received honours |
Comments: |
Marble statue base in honour of Iulia Panthalis on account of her piety, dedicated and founded by her cousin, C. Iulius Seimedes ΙΙ, who was also an ephor (RP II, LAC 505). She was the wife of the prominent C. Pomponius Alkastos (I), who was among others ephor, high-priest of the emperors, φιλόκαισαρ, φιλόπατρις, υἱὸς πόλεως and had received the honours of the ἀριστοπολειτεία (RP II, LAC 641) and the mother of C. Pomponius Agis who was boagos, nomophylax, gymnasiarch and agonothetes of the festivals of Kaisareia and Eurycleia (RP II, LAC 640). |
Bibliography: |
IG V, 1, 588; RP II, LAC 391 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-08-23 |
Edited: |