IGII2 3307 Koropissos honours Hadrian

Koropissos honours Hadrian

IG II² 3307 Date: ca. 132 AD

(This statue of) Emperor Trajan Hadrian Caesar Augustus Olympios (was erected by) the Council and (5) People of the Koropisseans, mother-city of the Kietans,^[1] through the envoys Gaius Ninnius and Athenion (10) son of Clemens, also called Lykiskos, in the priesthood of Claudius Attikos.^[2]

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IG II² 3307 (Translated text) (PHI)

OGIS 574

Ameling, Herodes Atticus II 44

Højte, Statue Bases 226

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Images: Wikimedia Commons - (1)

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Statue base (Other city)

Findspot: North of the Olympieion (At findspot)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This statue base is part of a group erected for Emperor Hadrian (r. 117-138 AD) in the precinct of the Temple of Olympian Zeus by delegations from cities throughout the eastern Roman Empire to celebrate Hadrian's consecration of the temple in 132 AD (see IG II² 3290 with notes). On epigraphic evidence for Hadrian at Athens, see IG II² 5185 with notes.

As this inscription indicates, the dedicator, Koropissos, was located in the region of Kietis in the mountains of western Cilicia (see T. Mitford, Aufstieg und Niedergang 2.7.2, 1980, 1233 and 1260). On the title of mother-city, see IG II² 3297 with notes. Koropissos also advertised the title in coinage from 128/9 AD onwards (RPC III 3217), which probably indicates that it had received it from Hadrian at this time. The tall, narrow base would have supported a statue well under life-size. [2] For Claudius Attikos, first priest of the Olympieion and also high priest of the imperial cult at Athens, see Agora XV 322.

Added: 17 Aug 2024
Updated: 17 Aug 2024
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