INSCRIPTION

Honourific inscription to M. Aurelius Lysikrates funded by his children

"INSCRIPTION TEXT"

1 Ἀγαθ̣ῇ τύχῃ.
[Ἡ π]ό̣λις ἡ Γυθ̣εατ[ῶν]
[Μ]ᾶ̣ρ̣(κον) Αὐρ(ήλιον) Λυσικρά[την]
[Λ]υ̣σικράτους ἀγο[ρανο]-
5 [μ]ήσαντα καὶ̣ στρα̣[τη]-
[γ]ήσαντα̣ τοῦ̣ κοιν[οῦ]
τῶν Ἐλευθερολα[κώ]-
νων, προσδεξαμ[έ]-
νων τὸ ἀνάλωμα [τοῦ]
10 ἀνδριά̣ντος Αὐ[ρηλί]-
ων Δαμοκράτη̣[ς καὶ]
Λυ̣σ̣ι̣κρά̣τ̣ο̣υ̣ς τῶ[ν τέ]-
κ̣νων.
 ψ(ηφίσματι) β(ουλῆς)
  Inscription Type: Honourific inscription
  Date: probaby after 212 CE
  Location: Gytheion
  Museum (Storage Place:
  Inv. no:
  Name of Woman Αυρηλία Δαμοκράτη
  Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): Funded honours
   Comments:

Marble statue base erected by the polis of Gytheion in honour of M. Aurelius Lysikrates, whose monument was funded by his children Aurelia Damokrate and Aurelius Lysikrates. M. Aurelius Lysikrates was agoranomos and strategos of the Koinon of Eleutherolakones.

  Bibliography:

IG V 1, 1177; RP II, LAC 55

  Author: Giorgos Mitropoulos
  Added: 2024-08-14
  Edited: