INSCRIPTION
Honourific inscription to C. Pomponius Panthales (I) Diogenes Aristeas, funded by his wife Memmia Longeine
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 Ἡ πόλις
Πομπώ(νιον) Πανθ̣ά[λη] Διογένη Ἀριστέα ἐπί τε τῇ ἄλλῃ τοῦ βίου
παντὸς ἀρετῇ καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ τῆς ἀγορανομίας ἀνυπερβλήτῳ
μεγαλοψυχίᾳ καὶ τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ καμάτων καὶ πάσης ἐπιμε-
5 λείας παρρησίᾳ προσ[δεξαμέ]νων τὸ ἀνάλωμα τῶν μὲν
ἑπτὰ ἀνδριάντων τῶ[ν ἀ]ξιολογωτάτων παίδων αὐτοῦ
Πομ(π)ω(νίου) Πανθάλους τοῦ καὶ Ἀριστοκλέους καὶ Καλλιστο-
ν̣είκης τῆς καὶ Ἀρέτης καὶ τῆς ἀξιολογωτάτης γυναι-
κὸς αὐτοῦ Μεμ(μίας) Λονγείνη[ς] τῆς Ἀριστοκλέους ————— τῶν δὲ
10 τριῶν ἀνδριάντων τοῦ πανταπρώτου Ποπ(λίου) Μεμ(μίου) Πρατολάο[υ]
τοῦ καὶ Ἀριστοκλέους τοῦ Δαμάρους ἀριστοπολειτευτο[ῦ]
τοῦ πενθεροῦ καὶ τῆς ἀξιολογωτάτης Κλαυ(δίας) Λονγείνης
τῆς Ἀριστοτέλους τῆς πενθερᾶς καὶ Ποπ(λίου) Μεμ(μίου) Δαμάρο[υς]
τοῦ Ἀριστοκλέους ————— τῶν δὲ δύο ἀνδριάντων Μάρ(κου) Αὐρ[ηλίου]
15 Νεικηφόρου τοῦ Φιλωνίδα φιλοκαίσαρος καὶ φιλοπά-
τριδος ————— αἰωνίου ἀγορανόμου ————— αἰωνίου γυμνασιάρχο[υ]
καὶ Μάρ(κου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἀλκισθένους τοῦ Εὐελπίστου προστά-
του πόλεως.
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
ca. 223 CE |
Location: |
Sparta, built into the south wall of the church of Hagia Paraskevi at the mill of Matala |
Museum (Storage Place: |
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Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Μεμμία Λονγείνη |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Funded honours |
Comments: |
Two duplicates of an inscription in honour of C. Pomponius Panthales Diogenes Aristeas (RP II, LAC 646), set up by the polis of Sparta. In exchange for his services towards the city especially as an agoranomos (he was also high-priest of the imperial cult), he was honoured with twelve statues, seven of them funded by his wife, Memmia Longeine, together with their two children. |
Bibliography: |
IG V 1, 547; RP II, LAC 541 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-08-24 |
Edited: |