I.Perge 47: the agonothetis Claudia Tertulla honors some of her collaborators

I.Perge 47: the agonothetis Claudia Tertulla honors some of her collaborators

1st cent. CE

honorary inscription

inscription

See also Mantas 1995, 139, no. 17; Begass 2025, 165–66; 178, no. 3.

C(aius) Cassius Cornutus and Claudia Tertulla, daughter of Eumelos, the son of Eumelos, and of [–]abion, high-priests and agonothetai (honoured) their mastigophoroi from their own funds.

translation by Christoph Begass for the Cynisca project

Γάϊος Κα̣ίσιος Κορ|νοῦτος καὶ Κλαυδί|α, Εὐμήλου δὶς καὶ | [–]αβιου θυγάτηρ, Τέρ|τυλλα ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ | [ἀ]γωνοθέται ἐκ | [τ]ῶν ἰδίων τοὺς | [ἐ]π’ αὐτῶν μαστει|[γ]οφορήσαντας.

S. Şahin (ed.), Die Inschriften von Perge I (Inschriften griechischer Städte aus Kleinasien 54), Bonn 1999.

C. Begass, Zwischen Stadt und Stadion. Die Agonothesie in der griechisch-römischen Welt vom Hellenismus bis zum Ende der Kaiserzeit, Stuttgart 2025.

K. Mantas, Women and Athletics in the Roman East, Nikephoros 8, 1995, 125–144.

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