INSCRIPTION
Honours to the Vestal Virgin Vibidia by the Athenian demos
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 [Ὁ] δῆμος
[Οὐιβιδίαν, ἱ]ερὰν παρθένον,
[Σέξτου Οὐιβιδ]ίου Οὐίρρωνος
[θυγατέρα, εὐ]σεβείας ἕνεκα.
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
before the middle of the 1st c. CE (IG) |
Location: |
Athens, Acropolis, eastward from the Parthenon |
Museum (Storage Place: |
Epigraphical Museum |
Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Ουιβιδία |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Vestal Virgin – Received honours |
Comments: |
Base of Pentelic marble. Dedication of a statue to the Vestal Virgin Vibidia by the Athenian demos on account of her piety. She was daughter of the Roman senator Sextus Vibidius Virro. |
Bibliography: |
IG II² 3532; Schmalz 136-137, αρ. 172 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-10-08 |
Edited: |