INSCRIPTION
Dedication to Isis and the Aegyptian gods by Valeria
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 [Οὐ]αλερία Πρίσ[κου]
[ἐ]κ Λαμπτρέ[ων γυ]-
[νή] Ἴσιδι καὶ θεο[ῖς]
[Αἰγυπτί]οις τὰς δᾷ-
5 [δας ἀνέθηκε].
Inscription Type: |
Votive Inscription |
Date: |
Hadrianic period (117-138 CE) |
Location: |
Athens, Hephaisteion |
Museum (Storage Place: |
Epigraphical Museum |
Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Βαλερία |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Dedicator |
Comments: |
Fragment of a base of white (‘Pentelic’) marble. Dedication of torches to Isis and the Aegyptian gods by Valeria, wife of Priscus. Vidmann in SIRIS 15, p. 11 restores γυνή instead of θυγάτηρ in ll. 2-3. Torches were part of the rituals in the cult of Isis, see IG II3 4, 1130, l. 7. |
Bibliography: |
IG II² 4733; IG II3 4 1121; Matricon, Matricon-Thomas Α 36, 56 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2025-01-27 |
Edited: |