IGII2 12002b Funerary cippus for Lysimachos

Funerary cippus for Lysimachos

IG II² 12002b Date: late iv BC

Lysimachos.^[1]

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IG II² 12002b (Translated text) (PHI)

Translation by: Claire Mullins

Images: Wikimedia Commons - (1)

Monument type: Cippus

Inscription type: Funerary

Findspot: Kerameikos, Street of the Tombs (Kerameikos Museum I 253, at peribolos)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This is one of three inscribed cippi (small, low stelai) within the funerary enclosure (peribolos) of Lysimachides son of Lysimachos of Acharnai (see IG II² 5813). The repetition of names with the eponymous owner of the peribolos and shared name element (from the Greek lysis, ‘release, loosening’) suggests these are close family relations, perhaps his sons (see Davies, Athenian Propertied Families 9480). There are several other cippi in the peribolos, but their inscriptions have completely worn away. For a general discussion of Attic funerary monuments, AIUK 3 (Fitzwilliam), section 3.

Added: 2 Jun 2025
Updated: 2 Jun 2025
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