Attic Inscriptions in UK Collections 1 (Petworth House)

Lambert, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3692-979X 2018. Attic Inscriptions in UK Collections 1 (Petworth House). AIO Papers 1 , i-16.

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Abstract

This, the inaugural volume of AIUK, publishes the important hellenistic inscription in Petworth House. Dating to 108/7 BC it honours the maidens who worked on the robe (peplos) for the statue of Athena. Another small fragment of the same inscription is in the Epigraphical Museum, Athens. It is one of three similar inscriptions which date to around the same decade and seem to reflect a revival or reform of the arrangements for making the peplos, which was carried in procession and presented to the goddess at the Panathenaia festival. The names of the maidens are listed in a “roll of honour” at the bottom of the inscription. This and the lists of maidens in the other two inscriptions supply us with much of our information on the female members of elite Athenian families at this period.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion
Subjects:	C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CN Inscriptions. Epigraphy. D History General and Old World > DE The Mediterranean Region. The Greco-Roman World
Publisher:	Attic Inscriptions Online
ISSN:	2054-6777
Funders:	AHRC
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	14 September 2018
Last Modified:	02 May 2023 16:39
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/114901

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