Hadrian and Athens XXIII – Inscribed Honorific Stele
Two pilasters executed in very low relief at the sides of the stele support a pediment with two corner akroteria and a shield at the center bearing the inscription ἀγαθῆι τύχηι (for good fortune).
At the bottom is a relief depiction of a ship with three seated oarsmen and two standing, one at the prow and one at the stern. Almost the entire surface of the stele is covered by an inscription. The names of the eponymous archont, Philisteides of Piraeus, and the kosmetes, Claudius son of Herakleides of Melite are inscribed on pediment:, at the left, ἐπὶ ἄρχοντος Φιλιστείδος Πειραιές , at the right, κοσμητεύοντος · Κ(λ) · Ἡρακλείδου Μελιτέως.
The rest of the inscription refers to the names of the gymnsiarchs and ephebes and also to festivals, encomia and victories.
Source: IG II² 2087; Kaltsas N., “Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens”
Pentelic marble stele
Height 78 cm; width 49 cm
AD 163/164
From Athens, near Agios Dimitrios Katiphoris church, site of the Gymnasium of Diogenes,
Athens, National Archaeological Museum - Inv. No. 1466
Hadrian and Athens XXIII – Inscribed Honorific Stele
Two pilasters executed in very low relief at the sides of the stele support a pediment with two corner akroteria and a shield at the center bearing the inscription ἀγαθῆι τύχηι (for good fortune).
At the bottom is a relief depiction of a ship with three seated oarsmen and two standing, one at the prow and one at the stern. Almost the entire surface of the stele is covered by an inscription. The names of the eponymous archont, Philisteides of Piraeus, and the kosmetes, Claudius son of Herakleides of Melite are inscribed on pediment:, at the left, ἐπὶ ἄρχοντος Φιλιστείδος Πειραιές , at the right, κοσμητεύοντος · Κ(λ) · Ἡρακλείδου Μελιτέως.
The rest of the inscription refers to the names of the gymnsiarchs and ephebes and also to festivals, encomia and victories.
Source: IG II² 2087; Kaltsas N., “Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens”
Pentelic marble stele
Height 78 cm; width 49 cm
AD 163/164
From Athens, near Agios Dimitrios Katiphoris church, site of the Gymnasium of Diogenes,
Athens, National Archaeological Museum - Inv. No. 1466