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Inscriptions | Greece | Honorary inscriptions
1. ARCHITECTURE. Greece.
The first row of seats in the theatre of Dionysus in Athens.
4th cent. BCE.
Athens, Acropolis, Theatre of Dionysus.
2. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Portrait bust of Sophocles on a herm (known as Solon).
Pentelic marble.
The head and the bust are of different ancient statues.
1st—2nd cent. CE, Roman work.
Inv. No. 377.
Florence, Uffizi Gallery.
3. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Nero. Base with inscription.
Marble.
54—68 CE.
Inv. No. 506 T.
Istanbul, Archaeological Museum.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Herm of Miltiades (inscription).
Pentelic marble.
Roman copy of the 2nd cent. CE after a Greek original.
Inv. No. 347.
Ravenna, National Museum.
5. INSCRIPTIONS. Rome.
Upper front part of the base of the statue dedicated by the people of Delphi to Marcus Minucius Rufus, who defeated the Scordisci in 106 BCE.
106 BCE. Copy.
CIL III 14203, 23 = CIL I2 692 = ILS 8887 = ILLRP 337 = ILGR 153.
Inv. No. MCR 147.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
6. INSCRIPTIONS. Greece.
Inscription on the base of a statue of Q. Pompeius Rufus, co-consul with Sulla.
88 BCE. Copy.
CIL I2 710 = CIL III 7238 = InsDelos 1848 = ILLRP 361 = ILS 869.
Inv. No. MCR 155.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
7. INSCRIPTIONS. Rome.
Inscription on the base of a statue of Aulus Terentius Varro dedicated to him by the Italian and Greek traders who operated on Delos.
82 BCE. Copy.
CIL I2 738 = CIL III 7240 = CIL III 14203. 1 = InsDelos 1698 = ILLRP 369 = ILS 866.
Inv. No. MCR 156.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
8. INSCRIPTIONS. Greece.
Inscription on the base of a statue of L. Munatius Plancus dedicated to him by the Italian and Greek traders who operated on Delos.
88—87 BCE. Copy.
CIL I2 831 = InsDelos 1696 = ILLRP 360 = ILS 8961b.
Inv. No. MCR 157.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
9. INSCRIPTIONS. Greece.
Inscription in honor of Sulla.
87—83 BCE. Copy.
CIL III 7234 = CIL I 711 (p. 938) = ILS 869a = InsDelos 1850 = ILLRP 349 (p. 327).
Inv. No. MCR 167.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
10. INSCRIPTIONS. Rome.
Inscription on the base of a statue erected in honour of Sextus Pompeius.
118—117 BCE. Copy.
IG II2 4100.
Inv. No. MCR 174.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
11. INSCRIPTIONS. Rome.
Inscription from the base of the statue of Lucius Licinius Lucullus, dedicated to him by the Athenian Senate.
71 BCE. Copy.
IG. II2. 4104.
Inv. No. MCR 175.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
12. INSCRIPTIONS. Etruria.
Inscription praising L. Licinius Lucullus, who defeated Mithridates, king of Pontus, and Tigranes, king of Armenia.
Augustan age (27 BCE — 14 CE). Copy.
CIL XI 1832 = CIL I p. 196 = ILS 60 = Inscr. It. XIII. 3. 84.
Inv. No. MCR 176.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
13. INSCRIPTIONS. Greece.
Inscription on the base of a statue of Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, dedicated to him by the People of Athens.
Late 1st century BCE — early 1st century CE (inscription); 2nd century BCE (base signed by the sculptor Mikion and reused to support this statue). Copy.
IG. II2. 4144.
Inv. No. MCR 178.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
14. INSCRIPTIONS. Greece.
Inscription dedicated to Agrippa by the people of Athens.
IG. II2. 4123.
Ca. 23 BCE. Copy.
Inv. No. MCR 284.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
15. INSCRIPTIONS. Greece.
Inscription on the base of a statue of Agrippa.
After 23 BCE. Plaster cast.
IG II2 4122.
Inv. No. MCR 302.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.