INSCRIPTION
Honourific inscription to Aurelia Sokledeia, funded by her daughter Aurelia Neikaphoris
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 Ἡ πόλις
Αὐρ(ηλίαν) Σωκλήδειαν
Ἱλάρου σωφροσύ-
νης καὶ τῆς ἐν γυ-
5 ναιξὶν ἀρετῆς ἁπά̣-
σης καὶ καλοκάγα-
θίας, προσδεξαμέ-
νης τὸ ἀνάλωμα
τῆς θυγατρὸς αὐ-
10 τῆς Αὐρ(ηλίας) Νεικαφο-
ρίδος τῆς Ἀρίστω-
νος
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
early 3rd c. CE |
Location: |
Sparta, at the east gate |
Museum (Storage Place: |
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Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Αυρηλία Νεικαφορίς |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Funded honours |
Comments: |
Base with honourific inscription set up by the polis of Sparta for Aurelia Neikaphoris’ mother, Aurelia Sokledeia, for whose monument Neikaphoris paid. On Aurelia Neikaphoris, see Bradford, 295. The date of the inscription is determined on the basis of palaeography, see Spawforth 1985, 240, n. 138. |
Bibliography: |
IG V 1, 597; RP II, LAC 62 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-08-15 |
Edited: |