AIUK46 no. 69 Kioniskos of Menestratos

Kioniskos of Menestratos

AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments) no. 69 Date: i BC – ii AD?

Menestratos (son) of Thorakidas of Corinth.^[1]

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AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments) no. 69 (Translated text) (AIUK) (AIO)

IG II² 9070 (PHI)

GIBM I 102

Translation by: Robert Pitt

AIO Images: 1 2

Monument type: Kioniskos

Inscription type: Funerary

Findspot: Athens (BM 1816,0610.184)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This kioniskos in the British Museum is part of the Elgin collection (cf. AIUK 4.1, no. 2). On this style of monument see no. 57, with notes. This is the only attestation of the name Thorakidas at Athens. Around seventy Corinthians are recorded at Athens, but only one is epigraphically attested earlier than the fourth century BC, likely reflecting the hostilities between these two competing poleis in the fifth century but suggesting closer contacts thereafter. For more detailed discussion of the inscription see AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments), no. 69.

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