INSCRIPTION
Honourific inscription to Antonia Eudamia set up by the polis
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 Ἡ πόλις
Ἀντ<ω>νίαν
Εὐδαμίαν Ἀρτεμᾶ
τέκνων δίκαιον
5 ἔχουσαν, τὴν θυνα<ρ>μό-
στριαν, σωφροσύνης
χάριν, προσδεξαμέ-
νου τὸ ἀνάλωμα τοῦ
ἀξιολογωτάτου π̣αρ(αδόξου) ἀρ(ίστου)
10 ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς Μάρ(κου) Αὐρη(λίου)
Στεφάνου τοῦ Ͻ φιλο-
πόλιδος, ἱππέος
Ῥωμαίων.
ψ(—) ❦ ❦
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
Severan period |
Location: |
Amyclae |
Museum (Storage Place: |
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Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Αντωνία Ευδαμία |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Received honours - thoinarmostria |
Comments: |
Statue base in honour of the θυναρμόστρια Antonia Eudamia in recognition of her moderation, dedicated by the polis and funded by her husband, M. Aurelius Stephanus, an eques Romanus. On Antonia Eudamia, see Bradford, 161. The title θοιναρμόστρια is connected with the Laconian cult of Demeter and Kore, therefore this dedication must have stood originally in the Eleusinion. The phrase τέκνων δίκαιον ἔχουσαν corresponds to the Roman formula ius (trium) liberorum, by which were meant originally the privileges granted under Augustus to mothers of at least three children. For the date, see Cartledge – Spawforth, 124. Her grandfather was probably Rufio, a synarchos of the gynaikonomos, RP II, LAC 667. |
Bibliography: |
IG V 1, 596, add. p. 304; RP II, LAC 28 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-08-12 |
Edited: |