INSCRIPTION

Honourific inscription to M. Aurelius Chrysogonos, funded by Aurelia Sophrosyna and Soteridas

"INSCRIPTION TEXT"

1    Ἡ πόλις
<Μ>(ᾶρκον) ∙ Αὐρήλιον ∙ Χρυσόγονον ∙ τὸν ἱερέα ∙ τῆς
{τῆς} ∙ τε ∙ κατὰ ∙ τὴν ∙ γυμνασιαρχίαν λαμ-
πρ<ότ>ητος ∙ καὶ ∙ τῆς ∙ τῶν ∙ Λυκουργείων <ἐ>-
5 θ̣ῶν ∙ προστασίας ∙ τῆς τε ἄλλης ∙ συνπάσης
ἀρετῆς ∙ ἕνεκεν ∙ δεξαμένων ∙ τὸ ἀνά-
λωμα ∙ τῶν ∙ τέκνων ∙ αὐτοῦ Σωφροσύ-
   να<ς> ∙ καὶ ∙ Σωτηρίδα
  Inscription Type: Honourific inscription
  Date: shortly after 212 CE
  Location: Sparta
  Museum (Storage Place:
  Inv. no:
  Name of Woman Αυρηλία Σωφροσύνη
  Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): Funded honours
   Comments:

Marble statue base with civic honourific inscription for M. Aurelius Chrysogonos, whose statue was funded by his children Aurelia Sophrosyna and Soteridas. On Aurelia Sophrosyna, see Bradford, 403. Her father was gymnasiarchos and priest, RP II, LAC 114.

  Bibliography:

IG V 1, 560, add. σελ. 304; RP II, LAC 66

  Author: Giorgos Mitropoulos
  Added: 2024-08-16
  Edited: