IGII2 9338 Funerary naiskos of Herotimos of Mesembria

Funerary naiskos of Herotimos of Mesembria

IG II² 9338 Date: mid-4th century BC

Herotimos son of Menandros of Mesembria.^[1]

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References:

IG II² 9338 (Translated text) (PHI)

Clairmont, CAT Supp. PE 47

Translation by: Paulina Inglima

Images: Wikimedia Commons - (1)

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Funerary

Findspot: Unknown (Athens Ephoria ΚΤΛ)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This inscription is written on the epistyle below a pediment forming a separate block that would have crowned a large funerary naiskos, likely with sculpted figures between side pilasters (cf. AIUK 4.6 (BM, funerary), no. 30). The deceased Herotimos was from the Thracian city of Mesembria on the Black Sea, located near modern Nesebar in Bulgaria. Only five Mesembrians are attested at Athens between the 4^th and 2^nd centuries BC. The inscription's original findspot is unknown, but it now stands on the Kolonos Agoraios, west of the Agora, on top of an unrelated acanthus column capital.

Added: 24 Sep 2026
Updated: 24 Sep 2026
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