INSCRIPTION

Honourific inscription to Lucena Claudia Mnasithea by the polis of Elis and the Olympic boule

"INSCRIPTION TEXT"

1 Ἡ πόλις Ἠλείων
καὶ ἡ Ὀλυμπικὴ
βουλὴ Λουκηνὴν
Κλαυδίαν Μνασιθέ-
5 αν ∙ Κ(λαυδίου) Λουκηνοῦ Σαι-
κλάρου καὶ Βετληνῆς
Κασσίας Χρυσαρέτας
θυγατέρα
  Inscription Type: Honourific inscription
  Date: First half of the 2nd c. CE
  Location: Olympia
  Museum (Storage Place:
  Inv. no:
  Name of Woman Λουκηνή Κλαυδία Μνασιθέα
  Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): Received honours
   Comments:

Statue base of Pentelic marble dedicated in honour of Lucena Claudia Mnasithea by the polis of Elis and the Olympic boule. On Lucena Claudia Mnasithea and the prominent family of Vettuleni, see Zoumbaki 1993 ( 1993, 1415; SEG 44, 1994, 389). See also Zoumbaki, Elis und Olympia, K 37.

  Bibliography:

IvO 440; RP I, EL 250

  Author: Giorgos Mitropoulos
  Added: 2024-08-10
  Edited: