Marble inscription fragment

Roman, Cypriot

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

The inscription honors an athlete who had won various competitions and, possibly, provided services to other athletes as a trainer, thereby bringing glory on himself and his homeland. He appears to have been an outstanding pentathlete, who won one competition outright after only three events since he came first in all of them, namely, the long jump, the javelin, and the discus. The marble block is probably part of a statue base.

Marble inscription fragment, Marble, white, Roman, Cypriot

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