AIUK46 no. 70 Kioniskos of Mysta

Kioniskos of Mysta

AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments) no. 70 Date: i - ii AD?

Mysta (daughter) of Dionysios of Miletos, wife of Baton of Thria.^[1]

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AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments) no. 70 (Translated text) (AIUK) (AIO)

IG II² 9787 (PHI)

GIBM I 104

Translation by: Robert Pitt

AIO Images: 1 2

Monument type: Kioniskos

Inscription type: Funerary

Findspot: Athens (BM 1816,0610.208)

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. The name Mysta is found at Athens mostly in the Hellenistic and Roman periods and is principally borne by non-Athenians. One other “Milesian” resident with the name is known (IG II² 9788). Dionysios is particularly popular among Milesians in Athens, although it is a very common name generally. Baton is the only securely identified Athenian with the name. The large number of marriages to Milesian women may indicate that Athenians were marrying their freedwomen, “Milesian” to a large extent being a status category at this period rather than an ethnic (see discussion at AIUK 4.6, no. 39). The deme Thria lies southeast of Aspropyrgos, and its general location is known from gravestones. For more detailed discussion of the inscription see AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments), no. 70.

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