INSCRIPTION
Honourific inscription to Claudia Neikion, set up by the polis
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
Ἁ πόλις Κλαυδίαν Νείκιον, θ̣υ- γα̣τ̣έρα̣ μὲν Τ(ιβερίου) Κλαυδί- ου Δαμοκράτους, ἀν- 5 δρ̣ὸς ἐπί τε πρ̣<ογ>όν<ω>[ν] <λα>μ̣πρότατι καὶ ἰδίαι (εὐ)- [σεβε]ίᾳ καὶ παιδείᾳ [τοῦ] τ̣ε γένους ἀξ̣ί<ω>[ς] κα̣ὶ τᾶ̣ς̣ πατρίδος καὶ 10 [—] δ̣ιὰ̣ ταῦτα ἐφάμ[ιλλον] [—— — —] [— — — —] [․․․]πε τὰ̣ λοιπὰ θαυ- [μαστῶς] καὶ διὰ τὰν ἐ- 15 [πιφανεσ]τ̣άτην̣ τε α̣ὐ̣τᾶ̣ν [— — — —— —] [․․, ἔγ]γον[ο]ν δὲ Τ[ιβ(ερίου)] [Κλαυ]δ̣ίου Ἀριστοκρά̣τ̣ο[υς] vacat face B vacat εὐσεβοῦς καὶ 20 φιλοπάτριδος, καὶ Κλαυδίας Νεικιππίας, νέας Πη<ν>ελό- πης, ἧς ἦν φερώ- 25 νυμος, καὶ Ἰου- λίου Πολυ(ε)ύκτ[ου] καὶ Ἰουλ(ί)ας Ἀπ̣α- ταρίου, ἱερε̣ί̣[ας] [ἀ]π̣ὸ γένους τ[ᾶν] 30 Ἐλευσινιᾶν. vacat
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
under Hadrian – Antoninus Pius |
Location: |
Kalyvia Sochas, built into the ruins of the church of Hagia Sophia |
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Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Κλαυδία Νείκιον |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Received honours |
Comments: |
Two fragments of marble statue base inscribed on two adjacent sides bearing an honourific inscription for Claudia Neikion, set up by the polis, which stressed her noble descent and piety. On Claudia Neikion, see Bradford, 301 (1). Her paternal grandmother, Claudia Neikippia was honoured as ‘new Penelope’ (RP II, LAC 226), while her maternal grandmother Iulia Apatarion was priestess ἀπὸ γένους τᾶν Ἐλευσινιᾶν (RP II, LAC 380), see the relevant entries. |
Bibliography: |
IG V 1, 607A + B και σελ. 304 add. σημ. 607; Woodward, ABSA 43, 1948, 254-255 (πρβλ. SEG 11, 1950, 819); Spawforth 1980, 214, σημ. 55; RP II, LAC 225 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-08-19 |
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