INSCRIPTION
Dedication of an honourific inscription by Papia Methe to her grandson
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 L(ucio) Papio L(uci) f(ilio)
Fal(erna) Luperco,
aed(iliciis) et IIvir(alibus) eṭ
agonothetic(is) eṭ
5 quinq(uennaliciis) ornamen(tis)
ornato d(ecreto) d(ecurionum),
Papia L(uci) f(ilia) Donati uxo(r)
Methe avia.
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
1st c. CE |
Location: |
Corinth, forum (‘built into the Byzantine ramp north of the Propylaea’) |
Museum (Storage Place: |
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Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Papia Methe |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Bestowed honours |
Comments: |
Bluish marble base. Inscription in honour of L. Papius Lupercus (COR 460), erected by his grandmother, Papia Methe. The name Methe (Μέθη) is Greek. Her grandson’s tribe (Falerna) is not Corinthian, but given the various ornamnena granted to him, L. Papius Lupercus must have been a prominent benefactor of the colony. |
Bibliography: |
Corinth VIII.2, 105; RP I, COR 456. |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-08-05 |
Edited: |