INSCRIPTION
Dedication of the priestess Claudia Ageta
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 Κλαυ(δία) Ἀγήτα Ἀντιπάτρου
ἱέρεια
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Dedicatory inscription |
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Late 2nd – Early 3rd c. CE |
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near Amyclae, walled into a church |
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| Κλαυδία Αγήτα | |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Priestess |
Rectangular panel with cultic relief depicting objects that belong to the women’s sphere. The dedication of Claudia Ageta, probably a priestess of Demeter and Kore, is inscribed in a patera seen from above in the centre of the relief, stating her name and office. On Claudia Ageta, see Bradford, 14 (1). Due to the place the inscription was found, Spawforth 1985, 230-231 (SEG 35, 1985, 323) and Cartledge – Spawforth 2002, 194, link her to the cult of Demeter Eleusinia and Kore in the Eleusinion, which has been located at the village of Kalyvia Sochas, close to Amyclae. In favour of this connection stands the frame of the relief, formed by wheat-sheaves characteristic of the cult of the two goddesses. Claudia Ageta was member of the prominent family of Claudii, being cousin of Claudia Damostheneia, who was also connected with the cult of Demeter and Kore, see the relevant entry. |
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Bibliography: |
IG V 1, 249; RP II, LAC 215; Spawforth 1985, 230-231; Walker 1989, 130-141 (SEG 39, 1989, 374; BÉ 1991, 130) |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
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2024-08-16 |
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