INSCRIPTION
Dedication by Apria Kassia to her son with the consent of the Olympic boule
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 Λ(ούκιον) Πομπήιον Κράτερον Κασ-
σιανόν, στρατηγήσαντα τοῦ
κοινοῦ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν καὶ τειμη-
θέντα ὑπὸ τῆς κρατίστης Ἠλεί-
5 ων βουλῆς τειμαῖς ταῖς ἀρίσταις
ἁπάσαις, Ἀπρία Κασσία ἡ μήτηρ
διὰ
Π(οπλίου) Ἐγνατίου Μαξίμου Βενυ-
στείνου τοῦ ὑοῦ
10 ἀνέστησεν.
ψ(ηφίσματι) β(ουλῆς)
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
210-220 CE |
Location: |
Olympia, 15 metres south of the southern face of the Heraion |
Museum (Storage Place: |
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Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Απρία Κασσία |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Bestowed honours |
Comments: |
Dedication of a statue by Apria Kassia to her son, L. Pompeius Krateros Cassianus, strategos of the Achaean Koinon, through the latter’s son and with the consent of the Olympic boule. He was member of a prominent Elean family of the end of 2nd and 3rd c. CE, see Zoumbaki, Elis und Olympia, Π 32, and Α 113 on Apria Kassia; cf. RP I, EL 302. |
Bibliography: |
IvO 477; RP I, EL 52. |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-08-08 |
Edited: |