INSCRIPTION

Dedicatory inscription of a balneum by Lepuscla

"INSCRIPTION TEXT"

1 Θεοῖς Σεβαστοῖ[ς καὶ τᾶι]
Ἀσωπειτῶν πόλ[ει ---]
Λεπούσκλα τὸ βαλανεῖ[ον]
ἐκ θεμελίων κατα-
5 σκευάσασα [ταῖς ἰδίαις]
δαπάναι[ς].
  Inscription Type: Dedicatory inscription
  Date: 2nd c. CE
  Location: Asopos - Plytra
  Museum (Storage Place: Gytheion Archaeological Collection
  Inv. no:
  Name of Woman Λεπούσκλα
  Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): Benefactress
   Comments:

Fragmentary marble plaque found in secondary use as the threshold of a building. It bears an inscription concerning the construction of a βαλανεῖον at the expense of Lepuscla, who dedicated it to the deified emperors and the city of Asopos.

  Bibliography:

Kourinou – Pikoulas 1989, 125-127 (SEG 39, 1989, 372; AnnÉpigr 1991, 1443; BullÉpigr 1992, 257); RP II, LAC 515

  Author: Giorgos Mitropoulos
  Added: 2024-08-23
  Edited: