TAM V.2.996: honorary inscription of the agonothetis Ulpia Marcella
Title
TAM V.2.996: honorary inscription of the agonothetis Ulpia Marcella
Date
after 123 CE
Type
honorary inscription
Source Type
inscription
Commentary
Other editions include: IGR IV.1254.
See also TAM V.2.931 (IGR IV.1225) and TAM V.2.995,
as well as Mantas 1995, 138, no. 5; Begass 2025, 160–61; 179, no. 16.
See also TAM V.2.931 (IGR IV.1225) and TAM V.2.995,
as well as Mantas 1995, 138, no. 5; Begass 2025, 160–61; 179, no. 16.
Translation
With good fortune. The homeland (set up the statue of) Ulpia Marcella, priestess of Artemis, high-priestess of Asia of the temples in Smyrna, three times agonothetis of the homeland, priestess for life of the Mother of the gods.
Translation used
translation by Christoph Begass for the Cynisca project
Text
ἀγαθῆι τύχηι | ἡ πατρὶς Οὐλ|πίαν Μαρκέλλαν | ἱερασαμένην | τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος, | ἀρχιέρειαν τῆς Ἀ|σίας ναῶν τῶν ἐν | Σμύρνῃ, ἀγωνο|θέτιν τρὶς τῆς | πατρίδος, ἱέρει|αν διὰ βίου τῆς | Μητρὸς τῶν | θεῶν.
Edition used
P. Hermann (ed.), Tituli Asiae Minoris, V.2: Tituli Lydiae linguis Graeca et Latina conscripti. Regio septentrionalis ad occidentem vergens, Vienna 1989.
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)
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)
K. Mantas, Women and Athletics in the Roman East, Nikephoros 8, 1995, 125–144.
Location
Thyateira
Collection
Citation
“TAM V.2.996: honorary inscription of the agonothetis Ulpia Marcella,” Cynisca: Documenting Women and Girls in Ancient Greek Sports, accessed December 22, 2024, https://fdz.bib.uni-mannheim.de/cynisca/items/show/161.