Dedication of a statue of Parthenos and a shrine
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: Second century CE
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Bibliography

[...], 71 (63), pl. XIX, fig 26, whence [...] 9.163, [...] 324014; [...], B.5.

Κλαυδία Βενόστα Κλαυδίου Καρτισθένους θυγάτηρ τὰν Παρθένον ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων καὶ τὸν ναὸν

Translations

Claudia Venosta, di Claudio Cartistene figlia la (statua della) Vergine, a proprie spese, ed il tempio (consacrò)

Claudia Venusta, daughter of Claudius Kartisthenes, gave the Parthenos from her own funds, and the temple.

Kl(audia) Benosta Cl(audia) Venusta, daughter of Kl(audios) Cl(audius) Kartisthenes gave the Parthenos from her own funds, and the temple.

Commentary

Claudia Venusta and her father also figure in C.495, C.456, C.497 and C.498 which record other dedications that she made, almost certainly in this Sanctuary. See further on C.456. Mohamed and Reynolds questioned the normally proposed identity of Kore and Parthenos, suggesting that Parthenos was Athena, but I have come to feel that rash. Mohamed and Reynolds questioned the normally proposed identity of Kore and Parthenos, suggesting that Parthenos was Athena, but I have come to feel that rash.