INSCRIPTION

Dedication to Iulia Domna, dated after the priestess of Athena Polias

"INSCRIPTION TEXT"

1    [Σ]εβασ[τ —]
   [μητέρα κ]άστρων
[ἐπὶ ἱερείας τῆς δεῖνος τῆς — — κ]λέους Πιραιέως θυγα[τρός]
  Inscription Type: Dedicatory inscription
  Date: 196-217 CE
  Location: Athens, Acropolis
  Museum (Storage Place: In situ
  Inv. no:
  Name of Woman Άγνωστο
  Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): Priestess
   Comments: Fragment of base of Pentelic marble. Dedication of a statue most likely to Iulia Domna as ‘Mother of the camps’, dated probably after the unknown priestess of Athena Polias, daughter of -kles of Piraeus.
  Bibliography:

IG II² 3418

  Author: Giorgos Mitropoulos
  Added: 2024-09-12
  Edited: