INSCRIPTION
Honourific inscription to Claudia Damostheneia (I)
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
[Ἡ πόλις]
[τὴν θοιναρμόστριαν ἀμφοτέρων τῶν]
[ἱερῶν καὶ ἀγορᾶχον καὶ εὐγενεστάτ-]
[ην καὶ ἀρίστην Κλαυ. Δα]μοσ[θένειαν]
[Πρατολάου] τέκνων δίκαιον ἔχου̣-
[σαν, ἱέρειαν κ]α̣τὰ γέν̣ος Καρνείου Βοι-
[κέτα καὶ Κα]ρνείου Δρομαίου καὶ Πο-
[σειδῶνος] Δ̣ωματείτα καὶ Ἡρακλέ-
5 [ους Γενάρ]χ̣α καὶ Κόρας καὶ Τεμενί-
[ου τῶν ἐν] τῷ Ἕλει καὶ τῶν συν-
[καθειδρυ]<μ>ένων αὐτοῖς θεῶν
[καὶ ἄλλων] θεῶν, μητέρα εὐσε-
[βείας καὶ δ]ή̣μου καὶ βουλῆς, ἑστί-
10 [αν πόλε]<ω>ς, τὴν σωφρονεστά-
[την καὶ ἀρί]στην, τῆς τε ἄλλης ἀ-
[ρετῆς ἕν]εκα καὶ τῆς εἰς τοὺς θε-
[οὺς εὐσε]β̣είας, προσδεξαμένου
[τὸ ἀνάλω]μα τοῦ θρέψαντος αὐ-
15 [τὴν ․․․․] Περικλέους.
vacat
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
ca. 200-220 CE |
Location: |
Kalyvia Sochas |
Museum (Storage Place: |
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Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Κλαυδία Δαμοσθενεία (Ι) |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Received honours – Priestess – thoinarmostria – agorachos – Hestia of the polis – mother of piety – mother of demos – mother of boule |
Comments: |
Fragmentary statue dedication bearing the same text with RP II, LAC 219 [3] (see the relevant entry), but this statue was funded by the foster-father of Claudia Damostheneia (I). |
Bibliography: |
IG V 1, 608 (συμπληρωμένο από τον Spawforth 1985, 234-235; SEG 35, 1985, 315); RP II, LAC 219 [4] |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-08-17 |
Edited: |