INSCRIPTION
Honourific inscription to Memmia Xenokratia, erected by the polis
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 Ἡ πόλις
τὴ<ν> ἀξιολογωτάτην
Μεμμίαν Ξενοκράτια[ν]
Δεξιμάχου, ἑστίαν πό-
5 λεως, τὴν θοιναρ̣μό-
στριαν τῶν ἱερῶν ἀμ-
φωτέρων μεγαλοπρ[ε]-
πῶς καὶ ἀξίως, τῆς τ[ε]
εὐ̣γενείας τῆ[ς οἰκεί̣ας]
καὶ τῆς πατ[ρίδος πο]-
10 λειτευσαμ[ένην, προσ-]
δεξαμένω[ν τὸ ἀνάλω]-
μα Καλλιστο[---]
Ἀλκάστου Ἐ[τυμοκλη]-
δείας τῶν ἀξι[ολογωτά]-
των παίδω[ν αὐτῆς].
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
late Antonine period |
Location: |
Eleusinion, formerly built into a private house in Kalyvia Sochas |
Museum (Storage Place: |
Archaeological Museum of Sparta |
Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Μεμμία Ξενοκράτια |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Received honours – Hestia of the polis - thoinarmostria |
Comments: |
Statue base, duplicate of honourific inscription for the thoinarmostria Memmia Xenokratia on account of her merits. Her statue was set up by the polis and funded by her children. In a third, fragmentary copy (IG V 1, 604 = SEG 1950, 817) from the Eleusinion her name is lost. |
Bibliography: |
Cook – Nicholls 1950, 278-280 (πρβλ. BÉ 1952, 60a); Tod 1952, 122 (SEG 1950, 812a add. et corr.); Spawforth 1985, 206 (πρβλ. SEG 1985, 317); Kourinou- Pikoula 1986, 68-69, αρ. 6 (SEG 1986, 353); RP II, LAC 542 [1A] |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-08-25 |
Edited: |