INSCRIPTION
Dedication of a statue to P. Aeficius Firmus Statianus by members of his family, including his grandmother
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 [P(ublio) Aefi]cio P(ubli) f(ilio)
[Ae]ṃ(ilia) F̣irmo Sta-
[tia]no, aed(iliciis) ornam(entis)
[o]rnato d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)
5 [P(ublius) Aef]icius Atimeṭuṣ
[Lic]inianus pater
[P(ublius)(?) Aef]icius Atimetus et
[․․․]nia Gaiene avi
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
2nd quarter of the 2nd century CE (letter forms) |
Location: |
Corinth, forum, area of the Bema |
Museum (Storage Place: |
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Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
[---]nia Gaiene |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Bestowed honours |
Comments: |
Two fragments of a gray marble block. Dedication of a statue to P. Aeficius Firmus Statianus by members of his family, including his grandmother, [---]nia Gaiene. Based on the diffusion of the first cognomen of the father (Atimetus) among slaves and freedmen, it is probable that the grandfather Aeficius Atimetus was a freedman. ‘The fact that his grandparents shared in the dedication suggests either that Firmus was a young man at the time the inscription was set up, or else that he had died while a young man’ (Kent). |
Bibliography: |
Corinth VIII.3.237; RP I, COR 287. |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-08-05 |
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