INSCRIPTION
Dedication of a statue to Nero by Gemonia
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 Νέρωνα Κλαύδιον θεοῦ Κλαυ-
δίου υἱόν, Τιβερίου Καίσαρος
Σεβαστοῦ καὶ Γερμανικοῦ
Καίσαρος ἔγγονον, θεοῦ Σε-
5 βαστοῦ υἱωνόν, Καίσαρα
Σεβαστόν, Γερμανικόν, ἀρχι-
ερέα μέγιστον, δημαρχικῆς
ἐξουσίας, Αὐτοκράτορα, vacat
Τιβέριος Κλαύδιος Διονυσίου υἱὸς
10 Ἀριστομένης ἱερεὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ
[ἱερεὺς Ῥώμης] καὶ ἀγ̣ορ̣α̣ν̣όμ̣ος, vacat
[ἀνέθηκεν ὑπὲρ τὴν πό]λ̣ιν̣ προσαγγεί-
[λας μετὰ τῆς γυναικὸς] Γ̣εμ̣ωνίας vacat
[․․․․․․ τὸ ἀνάλωμα τὸ ε]ἰς τ̣ὸν ἀ̣νδρι-
15 [ά]ν̣τ̣[α]. vacat.
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
55 CE |
Location: |
Messene |
Museum (Storage Place: |
near the fountain of Klepsydra (IG) |
Inv. no: |
|
Name of Woman |
Γεμωνία |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Dedicant |
Comments: |
Statue base for Nero funded and erected by his priest Tiberius Claudius Aristomenes and Gemonia, who was probably his wife. Her husband was also agoranomos and perhaps priest of Rome (RP II, MES 131). |
Bibliography: |
IG V 1, 1450; RP II, MES 205 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-09-04 |
Edited: |