INSCRIPTION
Honourific inscription to Caracalla set up by Vetulena Claudia and her son
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 [Αὐτοκρά]τορα Κα[ίσαρα]
[Μ(ᾶρκον) Αὐρήλι]ο[ν] Σεβ[ῆρον]
[Ἀντωνε]ῖνον Ε[ὐσεβῆ]
[Σεβαστὸ]ν Ἀ[ρ]αβικ[ὸν Ἀδι]-
5 [αβηνικ]ὸν̣ Παρθ[ικὸν μέ]-
[γιστο]ν Βρετα[ννικὸν]
[μέγιστ]ον [Ἀσ]κλη̣[πιά]-
[δης] σὺν τῇ̣ μητ[ρὶ Βε]-
[τ]ουληνῇ Κλαυ[δίᾳ τὸν]
10 κύρ̣ι̣ον
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
211 CE |
Location: |
Olympia |
Museum (Storage Place: |
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Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Βετουληνή Κλαυδία |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Βestowed honours |
Comments: |
Statue base in second use bearing an honourific inscription for Caracalla, dedicated by Vetulena Claudia and her son, Asclepiades. On Vetulena Claudia and the prominent family of Vettuleni, see Zoumbaki 1993 (AÉ 1993, 1415; SEG 44, 1994, 389). See also Zoumbaki, Elis und Olympia, B 13. |
Bibliography: |
IvO 386; RP I, EL 333 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-08-10 |
Edited: |