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
Γά(ιον) Πομπώ(νιον) Πανθάλη Διογένη Ἀριστέα ἐπί τε τῇ ἄλλῃ το[ῦ]
βίου παντὸς ἀρετῇ καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ τῆς ἀγορανομίας ἀνυπερ-
βλήτῳ μεγαλοψυχίᾳ καὶ τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ καμάτων καὶ πάσης
5 ἐπιμελείας παρρησίᾳ, προσδεξαμένων τὸ ἀνάλωμα
τῶν μὲν ἑπτὰ ἀνδριάντων τῶν ἀξιολογωτάτων παίδων
αὐτοῦ Πομπω(νίου) Πανθάλους τοῦ καὶ Ἀριστοκλέους καὶ Καλ-
λιστονείκης τῆς καὶ Ἀρέτης καὶ τῆς ἀξιολογωτάτης γυ-
ναικὸς αὐτοῦ Μεμ(μίας) Λονγείνης τῆς Ἀριστοκλέους ————— τῶν
10 δὲ τριῶν ἀνδριάντων τοῦ πανταπρώτου Ποπ(λίου) Μεμ(μίου)
Πρατολάου τοῦ καὶ Ἀριστοκλέους τοῦ Δαμάρους ἀρι-
στοπολειτευτοῦ τοῦ πενθεροῦ καὶ τῆς ἀξιολογω-
τάτης Κλαυ(δίας) Λονγείνης τῆς Ἀριστοτέλους τῆς πενθε-
ρᾶς καὶ Ποπ(λίου) Μεμ(μίου) Δαμάρους τοῦ Ἀριστοκλέους ————— τῶν δὲ
δύο ἀνδριάντων Μάρ(κου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Νεικηφόρου τοῦ Φιλωνίδα
15 φιλοκαίσαρος καὶ φιλοπάτριδος αἰωνίου ἀγορανόμο[υ]
αἰωνίου γυμνασιάρχου καὶ Μάρ(κου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἀλκισθένους τοῦ
Εὐελπίστου προστάτου πόλεως.
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
ca. 223 CE |
Location: |
Sparta, reused as a support of the westernmost of the washing basins in a later 3rd c. CE nymphaeum at the theatre |
Museum (Storage Place: |
Archaeological Museum of Sparta |
Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Πομπωνία Καλλιστονείκη |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Funded honours |
Comments: |
On the front side (face A) of an opisthographic rectangular marble statue base. 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: |
Woodward 1927-28, 34-35, αρ. 57 (πρβλ. SEG 11, 1950, 798); RP II, LAC 639 [Β], πρβλ. Spawforth 1985, 239, σημ. 137, πίν. 21β |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-09-01 |
Edited: |