INSCRIPTION
Dedication of a statue by Pose to her grand-mother Hierophantis, dated after the priesthood of Flavia Laodameia
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 Πόση Ποσέους Μαραθω-
νίου θυγάτηρ τὴν ἑαυ-
τῆς τήθην, Ἱερόφαντιν
Νεωτέρας, Περικλέους
5 ἐξ Οἴου θυγατέρα, τὴν
ἀπὸ Περικλέους ταῖν Θε-
αῖν εὐσεβείας ἕνεκεν.
vac. 0.075 m.
ἐπὶ ἱερείας Φλαουίας Λαοδαμεί-
ας τῆς Κλείτου Φλυέως θυγα-
10 τρός.
Τιβέριον Κλαύδιον Ἱεροφάντην Καλλικρατίδου Τρικορύσιον,
ἔπαρχον ἀρχιτεκτόνων δήμου Ῥωμαίων γενόμενον,
ἔπαρχον σπείρης Ἱσπανῶν δευτέρας, ἄρξαντα τὴν
ἐπώνυμον ἀρχὴν ἐπὶ μεδίμνῳ καὶ δε[κ]απέντε δραχμαῖς,
15 κηρυκεύσαντα τῆς ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγο[υ β]ουλῆς, κήρυκα
βουλῆς καὶ δήμου γενόμενον ἐπὶ δ[η]ναρίοις δυσί,
ἐπιμελητεύσαντα τῆς πόλεως, ἀγωνοθετήσαντα,
γυμνασιαρχήσαντα, στρατηγήσαντα, πρεσβεύσαντα
πολλάκις, Ἐλευσεινίαις Θεαῖς εὐσεβείας ἕνεκεν.
vac. 0.20 m.
20 ἐπὶ ἱερείας Φλαουίας Λαοδαμείας τῆς Κλείτου Φλυέως θυγατρός.
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
early 2nd c. CE |
Location: |
Eleusis |
Museum (Storage Place: |
Archaeological Museum of Eleusis |
Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Φλάβια Λαοδάμεια |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Priestess |
Comments: |
Large block of blue-gray (‘Hymettian’) marble consisting of two stones. Dedication of statues in honor of Hierophantis, daughter of Perikles from Oion, by her grand-daughter Pose, daughter of Poses from Marathon, on account of her piety towards the goddesses, and Ti. Claudius Hierophantes. The inscriptions were inscribed by two different but similar hands. The dedications are dated after the priesthood of Flavia Laodameia, daughter of Kleitos from Phlyae. |
Bibliography: |
IG II² 3546; I.Eleusis 433 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-10-22 |
Edited: |