INSCRIPTION
Dedication of a statue to the hearth-initiate Nikostrate by the Areopagos and the Athenian demos
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 Ἡ βουλὴ ἡ ἐξ Ἀρείου π̣άγου [καὶ ὁ]
δ̣ῆμος Νεικοστράτην Μεννέο̣[υ]
[Β]ερνεικίδου θυγατέρα μυηθεῖσαν
ἀφ’ ἑστίας Δήμητρι καὶ Κόρῃ ἀνέθηκε
5 ἐ̣πιμεληθέντος τῆς ἀναθέσε<ω>ς
τ̣οῦ ἐπιτρόπου αὐτῆς Γαίου
Κασίου Σημαχίδου.
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
late 2nd c. CE? |
Location: |
Eleusis, church of Hagios Zacharias |
Museum (Storage Place: |
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Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Νικοστράτη |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Hearth-initiate - Received honours |
Comments: |
Base of blue-gray (‘Hymettian’) marble. Dedication of a statue to the hearth-initiate Nikostrate by the Areopagos and the Athenian demos. She was daughter of Menneas of Berenikidai and her guardian, Gaius Cassius Semachides took care of the setting of the statue. |
Bibliography: |
IG II² 3647; I.Eleusis 522 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-12-18 |
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