INSCRIPTION

Honourific inscription to Claudius Lucenus Saeclarus set up by his wife, Vetulena Cassia Chrysareta

"INSCRIPTION TEXT"

1 [Κ(λαύδιον)] Λουκηνὸν
[Σ]αίκλαρον ❦
[Βετ]ληνὴ Κασ-
[σί]α Χρυσαρέτα
5 [τ]ὸν ἑαυτῆς ἄν-
δρα, ψηφίσματι
τῆς Ὀλυμπικῆς
βουλῆς καὶ τοῦ
δήμου καὶ τῶν
10 συνέδρων ❦
  Inscription Type: Honourific inscription
  Date: First half of the 2nd c. CE
  Location: Olympia
  Museum (Storage Place:
  Inv. no:
  Name of Woman Βετληνή Κασσία Χρυσαρέτα
  Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): Bestowed honours
   Comments:

Large statue base. Dedication of a statue by Vetulena Cassia Chrysareta in honour of her husband Claudius Lucenus Saeclarus after a decree of the Olympic boule and the Elean demos. On Vetulena Cassia Chrysareta and the prominent family of Vettuleni, see Zoumbaki 1993 ( 1993, 1415; SEG 44, 1994, 389). See also Zoumbaki, Elis und Olympia, B 7.

  Bibliography:

IvO 439; RP I, EL 332

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