INSCRIPTION
Agonistic inscription commemorating the Olympic victory of (Vettulena) Cassia
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 Κασία Μ[άρκου (?) Β]ετληνοῦ
Λαίτου θ[υγάτη]ρ, νικήσασα
Ὀλύμπι[α τεθρί]ππωι πω-
λικῶι ἐ[πὶ τῆς] σʹ Ὀλυμ-
5 πιάδος, [Διὶ Ὀλ]υμπίῳι
Inscription Type: |
Agonistic inscription |
Date: |
21 CE |
Location: |
Olympia, northeast of the Prytaneion |
Museum (Storage Place: |
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Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
(Βετληνή) Κασσία |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Dedicant - Victor |
Comments: |
Μarble plaque from a statue base that bears an agonistic inscription commemorating the Olympic victory of (Vettulena) Cassia, daughter of Vettulenus Laetus (21 CE). The Vettuleni were one of the most prominent families of Elis and they were active until the third c. CE. They could have been Italians, which would explain the astonishing antiquity of their attestation in the area (Zoumbaki). On Cassia, see Zoumbaki, Elis und Olympia, K 24 and B 10 for her family. |
Bibliography: |
IvO 233 + BCH 114, 1990, 746-747 (Zoumbaki 1993 [AÉ 1993, 1415; SEG 44, 1994, 389]); RP I, EL 108. |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-08-09 |
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