INSCRIPTION

Ηonourific inscription to Numisia Teisis by the polis of Elis

"INSCRIPTION TEXT"

1 Ἡ πόλις Ἠλείων
Νουμισίαν Τεισί-
δα Λ(ουκίου) Βετληνοῦ
Λαίτου ❦ καὶ
5 Φλαουίας Γοργῶς
θυγατέρα, πάσης
ἕνεκεν ἀρετῆς
καὶ σωφροσύνης
  Inscription Type: Honourific inscription
  Date: Second half of the 1nd c. CE
  Location:

Olympia, pronaos of the Heraion

  Museum (Storage Place:
  Inv. no:
  Name of Woman Νουμισία Τεισίς
  Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): Received honours
   Comments:

Statue base of Pentelic marble set up by the polis of Elis in honour of Numisia Teisis. On the person and the prominent family of Vettuleni, see Zoumbaki 1993 (AÉ 1993, 1415; SEG 44, 1994, 389). See also Zoumbaki, Elis und Olympia, Ν 26. Τhe gentilicium Numisius is common in south Italy, Gaul and Spain, see Solin and Salomies, 129. The father of Numisia Teisis, Lucius Vettulenus Laetus was a prominent member of the Vettuleni, see RP I, EL 339.

  Bibliography:

IvO 438; RP I, EL 289

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