I.Selge 20b: honorary inscription of the agonothetis Aurelia Volussia Quirnia Atossa
Title
I.Selge 20b: honorary inscription of the agonothetis Aurelia Volussia Quirnia Atossa
Date
1st half of the 2nd cent. CE
Type
honorary inscription
Source Type
inscription
Commentary
See also Nollé 1994, 239; Mantas 1995, 138, no. 13; Begass 2025, 180, no. 25.
Translation
ll. 1–14:
… honored Aurelia Volussia Quirnia Atossa, who has been high-priestess of the imperial house in an illustrious manner together with her husband Magnianus Perikles, and agonothetis, lover of the homeland, daughter of the city, priestess of Tyche and Ares for life, of senatorial and consular lineage, husband-loving wife [– – – –]…
… honored Aurelia Volussia Quirnia Atossa, who has been high-priestess of the imperial house in an illustrious manner together with her husband Magnianus Perikles, and agonothetis, lover of the homeland, daughter of the city, priestess of Tyche and Ares for life, of senatorial and consular lineage, husband-loving wife [– – – –]…
Translation used
translation by Christoph Begass for the Cynisca project
Text
ll. 1–14:
[– – – – – – – – – – –] | ἀρχιερασαμένην τοῦ οἴκου τῶν Σεβασ|τῶν ἐπιφανῶς σὺν | τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς Μαγνι|ανῷ Περικλεῖ καὶ ἀγω|νοθέτιν, φιλόπα|τριν, θυγατέρα Πόλε|ως, ἱέρειαν Τύχης καὶ | Ἄρεως διὰ βίου, γένους | συνκλητικοῦ καὶ ὑπα|τικοῦ Αὐρηλίαν | Οὐολουσσίαν Κυρινί|αν Ἄτοσσαν, γυναῖκα | φίλανδρο[ν [– – – – –]
[– – – – – – – – – – –] | ἀρχιερασαμένην τοῦ οἴκου τῶν Σεβασ|τῶν ἐπιφανῶς σὺν | τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς Μαγνι|ανῷ Περικλεῖ καὶ ἀγω|νοθέτιν, φιλόπα|τριν, θυγατέρα Πόλε|ως, ἱέρειαν Τύχης καὶ | Ἄρεως διὰ βίου, γένους | συνκλητικοῦ καὶ ὑπα|τικοῦ Αὐρηλίαν | Οὐολουσσίαν Κυρινί|αν Ἄτοσσαν, γυναῖκα | φίλανδρο[ν [– – – – –]
Edition used
J. Nollé, F. Schindler (eds.), Die Inschriften von Selge (Inschriften griechischer Städte aus Kleinasien 37), Bonn 1991.
Bibliography
C. Begass, Zwischen Stadt und Stadion. Die Agonothesie in der griechisch-römischen Welt vom Hellenismus bis zum Ende der Kaiserzeit, Stuttgart 2025.
K. Mantas, Women and Athletics in the Roman East, Nikephoros 8, 1995, 125–144.
J. Nollé, Frauen wie Omphale? Überlegungen zu ,politischen‘ Ämtern von Frauen im kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasien, in: M. H. Dettenhofer (ed.), Reine Männersache? Frauen in Männerdomänen der antiken Welt, Köln et al. 1994, 229–259.
K. Mantas, Women and Athletics in the Roman East, Nikephoros 8, 1995, 125–144.
J. Nollé, Frauen wie Omphale? Überlegungen zu ,politischen‘ Ämtern von Frauen im kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasien, in: M. H. Dettenhofer (ed.), Reine Männersache? Frauen in Männerdomänen der antiken Welt, Köln et al. 1994, 229–259.
Location
Selge
Collection
Citation
“I.Selge 20b: honorary inscription of the agonothetis Aurelia Volussia Quirnia Atossa,” Cynisca: Documenting Women and Girls in Ancient Greek Sports, accessed December 22, 2024, https://fdz.bib.uni-mannheim.de/cynisca/items/show/160.