INSCRIPTION
Honours to Tertia by the Athenian boule and demos
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 Ἡ βουλὴ κα[ὶ ὁ δῆμος]
Τερτίαν Λευκίο[υ ․․․8․․․․]
[θ]υγατέρα ἐρρηφορ[ήσασαν]
[Ἀθ]ηνᾷ Πολιάδι.
5 ἐπὶ ἱερείας Στρατοκλείας.
in corona:
ἡ βουλὴ
[καὶ ὁ δῆμος]
[ἐρρη]φ[ορ]ή-
[σ]ασαν.
in corona:
10 ἡ βουλὴ
καὶ ὁ δῆμος
ἀφ’ ἑστίας
[μυηθεῖσ]αν.
in corona:
ἡ βουλὴ
15 καὶ ὁ δῆμος
κανηφορή-
[σασ]αν Ἐλε[υ]-
[σινίοις].
in corona:
κανηφο-
20 ρήσασαν
Ἐπιδαυρί-
οις.
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
1st c. CE |
Location: |
Athens, between the Propylaea and the Parthenon |
Museum (Storage Place: |
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Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Τερτία |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Received honours |
Comments: |
Base of white (‘Pentelic’) marble. The Athenian boule and demos honoured Tertia, daughter of Lucius, who was errephoros, hearth-initiate and kanephoros at the Eleusinian Mysteries and the Epidaurian. Four crowns were recorded on the statue base. |
Bibliography: |
IG II² 3554 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-10-28 |
Edited: |