Funktionäre Olympias auf einem hocharchaischen Bronzeblech (BrU 6)

Abstract

A small, heavily fragmented bronze sheet containing four text lines, mentions three Olympic magistrates: the theokolos, the proxenos and the diaitater. The last one is the archaic predecessor of the hellanodikas. The inscription is written with the Elean alphabet und may date back to the third quarter of the sixth century. Remarkably soon after, already 20 or 30 years later, the sheet was put away into a water well: the lex sacra probably became obsolete and was no longer visible.