IGII2 6232 Kioniskos of Mneso of Thorikos

Kioniskos of Mneso of Thorikos

IG II² 6232 Date: Late 2nd - early 1st century BC

Mneso daughter of Kritodemos of Thorikos, (5)wife of Asklepiades of Berenikidai.^[1] relief

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IG II² 6232 (Translated text) (PHI)

Translation by: Emma Buhrman

Images: Wikimedia Commons - (1)

Monument type: Kioniskos

Inscription type: Funerary

Findspot: Athens (Aiolou St) (EM 11144)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] The Mneso commemorated in this funerary kioniskos had a daughter with her husband Asklepiades of Berenikidai also named Mneso who is listed among the teenage girls (parthenoi) who worked on the peplos for Athena (AIUK 1 (Petworth), no. 1, l. 70), as well as on her own gravestone (IG II² 5886). The relief depicts a temple key decorated with tainiai (ribbons) denotes that Mneso was a priestess (we do not know of which god), and so both mother and daughter performed religious roles at Athens. For other funerary inscriptions for priestesses, see IG II² 5271 with notes. On kioniskoi, see AIUK 3 (Fitzwilliam), no. 7 with notes.

Added: 24 Sep 2026
Updated: 24 Sep 2026
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