INSCRIPTION
Dedication of a statue to an unknown woman by her father
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 [Τὴν δεῖνα τοῦ δεῖνος]
Ἐλαιουσίου [θυγατέρα]
Πο Αἰλίου Ὀρφί[του ․․․]
ανου γυναῖκα καθ’ [ὑπο]-
5 μνηματισμὸν Ἀρε[οπα]-
γειτῶν ὁ πατὴρ
ἀρετῆς ἕνεκε[ν].
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
1st – 2nd c. CE |
Location: |
Athens, Asclepieion |
Museum (Storage Place: |
Epigraphical Museum |
Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Άγνωστο |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Received honours |
Comments: |
Two fragments of a statue base of white (‘Pentelic’) marble. Dedication of a statue to an unknown woman from the deme of Elaious, wife of Publius Aelius Orhpitos ---anos, by her father on account of her virtue and according to a sanction of the Areopagos. Orphitos’ granddaughter, Calpurnia Lepida, was honoured with a statue in Eleusis, see I. Eleusis 473, Appendix, n. . |
Bibliography: |
IG II² 4054 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-12-30 |
Edited: |