Honours for Demetria
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: Probably first to second century CE
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he

Bibliography

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Δημητρία Ἀμμωνίω ἐτῶν ι Ἀρρία τὰν θυγατέρα

Demetria daughter of Ammonios, aged 10. Arria gave the statue of her daughter.

Commentary

Demetria was probably dead when commemorated here. She and her father have Greek personal names, but her mother has a Roman nomen; that could mean that she came of a family with Roman citizenship, but may not do so since, at the likely date, some local families used such names as if they were Greek personal names. The statue must have been small even for a child, and this, with the poor quality of the stone and of lettering, suggests a family of modest means only.