INSCRIPTION
Honours to a woman by her husband Ammonios and their son
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[Ἀμμώνιος nomen patris Χολλείδης]
τὴν γενομένην ἑαυτοῦ γ[υναῖκα]
καὶ ὁ κῆρυξ τῆς ἐξ Ἀρείου πά[γου]
5 βουλῆς Θράσυλλος Ἀμμω[νίου]
Χολλείδης τὴν ἑαυτοῦ μη[τέρα]
ἀνέθηκαν ἀρετῆς ἕνεκ̣ε[ν]
καὶ τῆς πρὸς τὰς Θεὰς εὐσεβ[είας].
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
late 1st c. CE |
Location: |
Eleusis |
Museum (Storage Place: |
Eleusis |
Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Άγνωστο |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Received honours |
Comments: |
Base of white (‘Pentelic’) marble, broken at the top. Dedication of a statue for a woman by her husband Ammonios and their son, Thrasyllos who was kyrex of the Areopagus, on account of her virtue and piety to the Eleusinian goddesses. |
Bibliography: |
IG II² 3558; I.Eleusis 377 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-11-25 |
Edited: |