IGII2 12755 Funerary cippus of Sophrone

Funerary cippus of Sophrone

IG II² 12755 Date: early iii BC

Sophrone.^[1]

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IG II² 12755 (Translated text) (PHI)

Translation by: Patricia McDonald

Monument type: Cippus

Inscription type: Funerary

Findspot: Kerameikos, precinct of the Messenians (Kerameikos Museum I 265, at peribolos)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This small, low stele (or cippus) is one of three simple gravestones (IG II² 8635; 12755) within the funerary precinct of the Messenians at the Kerameikos that are probably for slaves from the household of the family who owned the plot (see IG II² 9347a). The three known women named Sophrone at Athens are all of uncertain origin (Byrne, Athenian Onomasticon). For a general discussion of Attic funerary monuments, AIUK 3 (Fitzwilliam), section 3.

Added: 2 Jun 2025
Updated: 2 Jun 2025
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