INSCRIPTION
Honourific inscription to Claudia Teisamenis, set up by Herodes Atticus
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
[Κλαυ(δίαν) Τεισαμενίδα Κλα(υδίου) Ἀττικο]ῦ θυγατέρα καὶ Κλαύ(διον)
[Ἀριστοκρ]άτη Κλα(υδίου) [Σ]ειμ[ήδους υἱ]ὸν καὶ Κλα(ύδιον) Σειμήδη
[Κλαυ(δίας) Τει]σαμενίδος καὶ Κ[λαυδίου) Ἀριστο]κράτους υἱόν, κα-
τὰ διαθή]κας Κλαυδίας Τ[εισαμεν]ίδος, Τιβέριος
5 [Κλαύδιος] Ἡρώδης [ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτῆς (?) ἀνέθη]κεν ἐπὶ
[πατρονόμου ---]
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
after mid-2nd c. CE |
Location: |
Sparta, theatre |
Museum (Storage Place: |
Archaeological Museum of Sparta |
Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Κλαυδία Τεισαμενίς |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Received honours |
Comments: |
Three fragments of an oblong marble statue base with a dedication for Claudia Teisamenis. The statue was part of a statue group of her family, including her father, Atticus, her husband Ti. Claudius Aristokrates (II) and their son Claudius Seimedes. The monument was set up in accordance with the will of Claudia Teisamenis, i.e. after her own and her husband’s death by her brother, the renowned Ti. Claudius Herodes Atticus. See also Cartledge – Spawforth 2002, 175. According to Settipani 2000, 488, Claudia Teisamenis’s grandfather Ti. Claudius Hipparchus must have been married to a Spartan prominent woman named Teisamenis, to whom the person owed her cognomen. Perhaps her father, Tiberius Claudius Atticus made the acquaintance of Claudia Teisamenis’s future husband, Ti. Claudius Aristokrates (II) during his ephebate at Sparta, cf. Tobin 1997, 18-19, 323-324. Her husband was probably eponymous patronomos (RP II, LAC 262). |
Bibliography: |
Woodward 1927-28, 37-38, σημ. 59 (SEG 11, 1950, 781); Spawforth 1980, 210-217 (SEG 30, 1980, 407); RP II, LAC 231 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-08-19 |
Edited: |