INSCRIPTION
Dedication of a statue in honour of Claudia Alkia, hearth-initiate, by her father Tiberius Claudius Hipparchos, dated after the priesthood of Kleo
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 Τιβέριος Κλαύδιος Ἡρώδου [υἱὸς]
Ἵππαρχος Μαραθώνιος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ
θυγατέρα Κλαυδίαν Ἀλκί<α>ν μυηθεῖσαν
<ἀ>φ’ ἑστίας Δήμητρι καὶ Κόρῃ ἐπὶ ἱερείας
5 Κλεοῦς τῆς Εὐκλέους Φλυέως, γόνῳ δὲ
Νεικοδήμου Ἑρμείου θυγατρός.
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
ca. 65 CE |
Location: |
Eleusis |
Museum (Storage Place: |
Archaeological Museum of Eleusis |
Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Κλεώ |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Priestess |
Comments: |
Base of blue-gray (‘Hymettian’) marble, preserved on all sides. Dedication of a statue in honour of Claudia Alkia, hearth-initiate, by her father, the prominent Tiberius Claudius Hipparchos. The dedication was made to the goddesses of Eleusis and is dated after the priesthood of Kleo, priestess of Demeter and Kore. |
Bibliography: |
IG II² 3604a; I.Eleusis 364 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-09-06 |
Edited: |