INSCRIPTION
Dedication to the Mother of Gods and to Aphrodite by Megiste
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 Ἐπὶ Ἐπικράτους ἄρχοντος Μεγίστη
Ἀρχιτίμου Σφητίου θυγάτηρ Μητρὶ
θεῶν εὐαντή(τῳ) ἰατρίνῃ Ἀφροδίτῃ
ἀνέθηκεν.
Inscription Type: |
Votive Inscription |
Date: |
30/29 BCE |
Location: |
Southern part of Piraeus, probably from the Metroon |
Museum (Storage Place: |
National and Archaeological Museum |
Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Μεγίστη |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Dedicator |
Comments: |
Base of white (‘Pentelic’) marble carrying the statue of a woman whose head is missing, see … . Dedication to the Mother of Gods and to Aphrodite, ‘the graceful midwife’, by Megiste. |
Bibliography: |
IG II² 4714; Matricon, Matricon-Thomas C 18, 159-160 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2025-01-26 |
Edited: |