INSCRIPTION
Dedication of a statue to Afinia Secunda by the Areopagos, the boule and the Athenian demos
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 Ἡ βουλὴ{ι} ἡ ἐξ Ἀρεί̣[ου] πάγου
καὶ ἡ βουλὴ τῶν ἑ[ξακ]ο̣σί-
ων καὶ ὁ δῆμος Ἀφ[ινίαν Σε]-
κοῦνδαν, Μάρκου Α[․c.7․]
5 Καίσωνος θυγατ[έρα Λουκί]-
ου Κεστίου Λόγγου Κ[----]
γυν[αῖ]κ̣[α] ἀρετ̣ῆ̣ς ἕν[εκα καὶ]
τῆς εἰ[ς τ]ὴ̣ν θεὸν [ε]ὐσε[βεί]-
ας.
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
1st half of 2nd c. CE, before 128/129 CE |
Location: |
Rhamnous |
Museum (Storage Place: |
Epigraphical Museum |
Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Αφινία Σεκούνδα |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Received honours |
Comments: |
Five fragments of bluish marble. Dedication of a statue to Afinia Secunda by the Areopagos, the boule and the Athenian demos, on account of her virtue and piety to the goddess. The honorand was daughter of Marcus A--- Caeso and wife of Lucius Cestius Longus K---. According to Kirchner (IG), the goddess in question must have been Nemesis of Rhamnous. |
Bibliography: |
I.Rhamnous 162; IG II² 4059; Pouilloux, Forteresse de Rhamnonte 48 (SEG 31, 172) |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-12-31 |
Edited: |