INSCRIPTION
Honourific inscription to Sextus Pompeius Spatalus, funded by his wife
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 Ἡ πόλις
Σέκ(στον) Πομ(πήϊον) Σπάταλον
Ἀγαθοκλέους φιλο-
καίσαρα καὶ φιλόπατριν, τὸν
5 δὶς γυμνασίαρχον καὶ πα-
τρονόμον καὶ αἰώνιον γυ-
μνασίαρχον, τῆς τε ἐν τοῖς
ἄλλοις ἅπασιν αὐτοῦ πο-
λειτεύμασιν μεγαλοπρεπεί-
10 ας καὶ τῆς ἐπὶ τῇ δευτέρᾳ γυ-
μνασιαρχίᾳ, ἣν αὐτόθεν
ὑπέστη, ἀσυνκρίτου καὶ
ἀνυπερβλήτου προνοί-
ας τε καὶ φιλοτειμίας,
15 προσδεξαμένης τὸ ἀν-
άλωμα τῆς σεμνοτάτης
καὶ πανταπρώτης γυναι-
κὸς αὐτοῦ Αὐρηλίας Ξενῶς
τῆς Εὐτύχου
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
3rd c. CE (?) |
Location: |
Sparta, found between the great tower and the east gate |
Museum (Storage Place: |
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Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Αυρηλία Ξενώ |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Funded honours |
Comments: |
Marble base with a honourific inscription for Sextus Pompeius Spatalus, whose statue was funded by his wife, Aurelia Xeno, the semnotate and pantaprote, and dedicated by the polis of Sparta. On Aurelia Xeno, see Bradford, 320. Sextus Pompeius Spatalus was patronomos, twice gymnasiarchos and held the honourific titles of ‘eternal gymnasiarch’ (αἰώνιος γυμνασίαρχος), philokaisar and philopatris, see RP II, LAC 633. |
Bibliography: |
IG V 1, 535; RP II, LAC 70 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-08-16 |
Edited: |