INSCRIPTION

Honours bestowed by a couple to their daughter Nausistrate

"INSCRIPTION TEXT"

1 ․․6․․․ων Λεωνίδου Ἀζη[νιεὺς καὶ ἡ γυνὴ Ἀ]-
[ριστ]ίωνος? Λανπτρέως θυ[γάτηρ τὴν ἑαυτῶν]
θυγατέρα Ναυσιστράτην ἐ[ρρηφορήσασαν Ἀθη]-
[ν]ᾷ Πολιάδι καὶ Πανδρόσ[ῳ ἀνέθηκαν]
5 [ἐ]πὶ ἱερήας Καλλιστ — — — — —
          vac.
  Inscription Type: Honourific inscription
  Date: Augustan age (IG)
  Location: Athens, Erechteion
  Museum (Storage Place: Epigraphical Museum
  Inv. no:
  Name of Woman Άγνωστο
  Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): Bestowed honours
   Comments:

Base of blue-gray (“Hymettian”) marble. Dedication of a statue by a couple to their daughter, Nausistrate, who served as ἐρρηφόρος (‘bearer of sacred things’) to Athena Polias and Pandrosos.

  Bibliography:

IG II² 3515

  Author: Giorgos Mitropoulos
  Added: 2024-09-16
  Edited: