INSCRIPTION

Honourific inscription to Peducaea Maryllina, dedicated by the polis of Gytheion

"INSCRIPTION TEXT"

1 Ἡ πόλις ἡ Γυθεατῶν
Πεδουκαίαν Μαρυλλῖ-
ναν τὴν ἀξιολογωτάτην
καὶ εὐεργέτιν, ἀδελφὴν
5 Λο(υκίου) Μινδίου Δαμοκράτους
τοῦ εὐεργέτου, λθ΄ ἀπὸ
Διοσκούρων, μα΄ ἀφ’ Ἡρα-
κλέους· ἐπὶ ἐφόρων ❦
Ξεναρχίδα τοῦ Δαμίππου,
10 Ἡίου Καλλιστράτου, Λεοντᾶ
τοῦ Λυσικράτους, Ζωσίμου τοῦ Ͻ,
Ἀπολλοφάνους τοῦ Ἀπολλωνί̣ου̣·
ταμιεύοντος Σεπτουμμίου
Πρωτογένους προῖκα.  ❦
  Inscription Type: Honourific inscription
  Date: mid-2nd c. CE
  Location: Gytheion, built in the walls of Hagios Demetrios
  Museum (Storage Place:
  Inv. no:
  Name of Woman Πεδουκαία Μαρυλλίνα
  Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): Received honours - Benefactress
   Comments:

Marble statue base decorated on top and bottom with cymatium, bearing a honourific inscription set up by the polis of Gytheion for Peducaea Maryllina, who is characterized as ἀξιολογωτάτη and benefactress. Her brother was also characterized as benefactor and it is stressed the illustrious descent of the family from the Dioscuri and Heracles. Lastly, the statue was funded by the tamias of the city at his own cost.

  Bibliography:

IG V 1, 1174 και σελ. 308 add. n. 1174; RP II, LAC 604

  Author: Giorgos Mitropoulos
  Added: 2024-08-31
  Edited: