INSCRIPTION
Honourific inscription to Memmia Xenokratia, erected by the polis
"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: |
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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: |
IG V 1, 584 (τροποποιημένη σύμφωνα με το SEG 11, 1950, 812 και add. 812); RP II, LAC 542 [1B] |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-08-25 |
Edited: |