INSCRIPTION

Honourific inscription to Memmia Xenokrateia set up by the polis, funded by her daughter, Iulia Etymokledeia

"INSCRIPTION TEXT"

1 Ἡ πόλις
τὴν ἀξιολογωτάτ[ην]
Μεμμίαν Ξενοκράτ[ιαν]
Δεξιμάχου, ἑστίαν [πόλε]-
5 ος, τὴν θοιναρ̣[μόστριαν]
τῶν ἱερῶν ἀμφ̣[οτέρων]
μεγαλοπρεπ[ῶς καὶ ἀξί]-
ως, τῆς τε εὐ̣[γενείας τῆς]
οἰκεί̣α̣ς̣ κα̣[ὶ τῆς πατρίδος]
10 [πολειτευσαμένην, — —]
[ — — — — — —]
  Inscription Type: Honourific inscription
  Date: late Antonine period
  Location: Amyclae
  Museum (Storage Place:
  Inv. no:
  Name of Woman Ιουλία Ετυμοκληδεία
  Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): Funded honours
   Comments:

Statue base with inscription in honour of the thoinarmostria Memmia Xenokrateia (RP II, LAC 542), whose statue was set up by the polis at the expense of her children, including her daughter Iulia Etymokledeia. For an inscription bearing the same text, see the relevant entry.

  Bibliography:

IG V 1, 584 (συμπληρωμένη σύμφωνα με το SEG 11, 1950, 812 και add. 812); RP II, LAC 387 [3Β]

  Author: Giorgos Mitropoulos
  Added: 2024-08-22
  Edited: