INSCRIPTION
Honourific inscription to C. Pomponius Panthales Diogenes Aristeas, seven of whose statues were funded by his daughter, Pomponia Kallistoneike
"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 |
Πομπωνία Καλλιστονείκη |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Funded honours |
Comments: |
Marble plaque. Duplicate of a honourific inscription set up by the polis of Sparta for C. Pomponius Panthales Diogenes Aristeas (RP II, LAC 646), who was praised with twelve public statues for the benefactions he provided especially as agoranomos. Seven of them were funded by his daughter, Pomponia Kallistoneike, together with her mother and brother. The honorand was agoranomos and high-priest of the imperial cult. |
Bibliography: |
IG V 1, 547; RP II, LAC 639 [Α] |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-09-01 |
Edited: |