IRhamn 158 Ti. Claudius Attikos honours Hadrian

Ti. Claudius Attikos honours Hadrian

I Rhamnous 158 Date: 117-138 AD

[(This statue of) Emperor Caesar] [Trajan] Hadrian Augustus (was erected by) Tiberius Claudius [Atticus the high priest] [of the Augusti]

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References:

I Rhamnous 158 (Translated text) (PHI)

SEG 35.149 (PHI)

SEG 31.173 (PHI)

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Statue base (Priest)

Findspot: Rhamnous, sanctuary of Nemesis (Rhamnous Fortress 19 Ν)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This fragment from the base of an over-life-size statue of the emperor Hadrian was found in the sanctuary of Nemesis at Rhamnous; part of the statue was found nearby (B.C. Petrakos, Archaiologike Ephemeris 1979, 71 = SEG 31.173). On Hadrian and his relationship with Athens, see IG II² 5185 with notes. The dedicator is probably Claudius Attikos or perhaps his son Herodes Atticus (on whom see Agora XV 322 and AIUK 11 (Ashmolean), no. 15 respectively), who were successive high priests of the Imperial cult at Athens. The family had connections with Rhamnous, which was the nearest port to their holdings at Marathon. Herodes Attikos also erected statues of himself and his family there (cf. I Rhamnous 159 and IG II² 13208; J. Tobin, Herodes Attikos and the City of Athens, 1997, 278-280). This inscription and SEG 35.148 may have formed part of a set of statues of Hadrian erected by Attikos in sanctuaries throughout Attica (W. Ameling ZPE 59, 1985, 182-84 = SEG 35.149).

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