MAMA VI-263: honorary inscription of the agonothetis Iulia Severeia
Title
MAMA VI-263: honorary inscription of the agonothetis Iulia Severeia
Date
under Nero? (54 –68 CE)
Type
honorary inscription
Source Type
inscription
Commentary
Other editions include: IGR IV.656
See also PIR2 I 701; Halfmann 1979, 102; Kirbihler 1994, 69; Mantas 1995, 138, no. 2; Begass 2025, 153; 178, no. 2.
See also PIR2 I 701; Halfmann 1979, 102; Kirbihler 1994, 69; Mantas 1995, 138, no. 2; Begass 2025, 153; 178, no. 2.
Translation
ll. 1–12:
The gerousia (of Akmoneia) honoured Iulia Severeia, daughter of Gaius, high-priestess and agonothetis of the whole house of the imperial gods, because of great virtue and the kindness shown to it (i.e. the gerousia)…
The gerousia (of Akmoneia) honoured Iulia Severeia, daughter of Gaius, high-priestess and agonothetis of the whole house of the imperial gods, because of great virtue and the kindness shown to it (i.e. the gerousia)…
Translation used
translation by Christoph Begass for the Cynisca project
Text
ll. 1–12:
ἡ γερουσία ἐτεί̣|μησεν | Ἰουλίαν Γαΐου θυ|γατέρα Σεουή|ραν, ἀρχιέρειαν κα̣[ὶ] | ἀγωνοθέτιν τοῦ | σ̣ύνπαντος τῶν | [θ]εῶν Σεβαστῶν | [οἴ]κ̣ου, πάσης ἀρε|[τ]ῆς χάριν καὶ τῆς | [εἰ]ς̣ αὐτὴν̣ εὐεργε|σί[ας]…
ἡ γερουσία ἐτεί̣|μησεν | Ἰουλίαν Γαΐου θυ|γατέρα Σεουή|ραν, ἀρχιέρειαν κα̣[ὶ] | ἀγωνοθέτιν τοῦ | σ̣ύνπαντος τῶν | [θ]εῶν Σεβαστῶν | [οἴ]κ̣ου, πάσης ἀρε|[τ]ῆς χάριν καὶ τῆς | [εἰ]ς̣ αὐτὴν̣ εὐεργε|σί[ας]…
Edition used
W. H. Buckler, W. M. Calder (eds.), Monumenta Asiae minoris antiqua, VI: Monuments and Documents from Phrygia and Caria, Manchester 1939.
Bibliography
C. Begass, Zwischen Stadt und Stadion. Die Agonothesie in der griechisch-römischen Welt vom Hellenismus bis zum Ende der Kaiserzeit, Stuttgart 2025.
R. Cagnat et al. (eds.), Inscriptiones graecae ad res romanas pertinentes IV, Paris 1927. (=IGR IV)
E. Groag, A. Stein (eds.), Prosopographia Imperii Romani saec. I. II. III (2nd edition), vol. I, Berlin 1933. (=PIR2 I)
H. Halfmann, Die Senatoren aus dem östlichen Teil des Imperium Romanum bis zum Ende des 2. Jahrhunderts n. Chr., Göttingen 1979.
F. Kirbihler, Les femmes magistrats et liturges en Asie Mineure (IIe s. av. J.-C. – IIIe s. ap. J.-C.), in: Ktèma 19, 1994 (1998), 51–75.
K. Mantas, Women and Athletics in the Roman East, Nikephoros 8, 1995, 125–144.
R. Cagnat et al. (eds.), Inscriptiones graecae ad res romanas pertinentes IV, Paris 1927. (=IGR IV)
E. Groag, A. Stein (eds.), Prosopographia Imperii Romani saec. I. II. III (2nd edition), vol. I, Berlin 1933. (=PIR2 I)
H. Halfmann, Die Senatoren aus dem östlichen Teil des Imperium Romanum bis zum Ende des 2. Jahrhunderts n. Chr., Göttingen 1979.
F. Kirbihler, Les femmes magistrats et liturges en Asie Mineure (IIe s. av. J.-C. – IIIe s. ap. J.-C.), in: Ktèma 19, 1994 (1998), 51–75.
K. Mantas, Women and Athletics in the Roman East, Nikephoros 8, 1995, 125–144.
Location
Akmoneia
Collection
Citation
“MAMA VI-263: honorary inscription of the agonothetis Iulia Severeia,” Cynisca: Documenting Women and Girls in Ancient Greek Sports, accessed December 22, 2024, https://fdz.bib.uni-mannheim.de/cynisca/items/show/142.