Gold lamella of an initiate into the cult of Demeter Chthonia; metrical. Oblong rectangular gold strip, broken at the right end; found in a marble repository in a grave.
[ ] Thessalia (Pelasgiotis) — Pherai (Velestino) — late 4th/early 3rd c. BC — ArchEph (2004) 1-32 (R. Parker, M. Stamatopoulou) — ZPE 162 (2007) 193-202 (F. Ferrari, L. Prauscello) — ZPE 166 (2008) 53-58 (A. Bernabé)
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Δήμητρος Χθονίας <τε> τέλη καὶ Μητρὸς Ὀρεί[ας].
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