AIUK2 no. 7 Dedication to Zeus Hypsistos on behalf of Zopyra

Dedication to Zeus Hypsistos on behalf of Zopyra

AIUK 2 (BSA) no. 7 Date: 2nd - 3rd cent. AD

[Name of dedicator(s) to Zeus ?] Hypsistos on behalf of Zopyra [and ?] Anthesterios^[1]

Boukranion

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AIUK 2 (BSA) no. 7 (Translated text) (AIUK) (AIO)

IG II² 4056 (PHI)

IG II³ 4 1269 (IG Online)

SEG 50.201

Lambert, BSA Inscriptions E14

Translation by: Stephen Lambert

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Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Dedication

Findspot: Unknown (BSA E14)

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[1] This is a dedication to Zeus Hypsistos, sometimes referred to simply as Hypsistos (“The All High”), on behalf of Zopyra and Anthesterios, or possibly Zopyra daughter of Anthesterios, who are not identifiable. It can be attributed to the sanctuary of (Zeus) Hypsistos at the former meeting place of the Assembly on the Pnyx. The inscribed dedications, which date from the 1st, and mostly to the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, are now collected with helpful bibliography at IG II³ 4, 1239-1276. On the character of the cult see S. Mitchell, in S. Athanassiadi and M. Frede eds., Pagan Monotheism in Late Antiquity (1999), 81–148 (Attic inscriptions, 128–129); and in S. Mitchell and P. van Nuffelen eds., One God (2010), 167−208 (cf. SEG 60.2036).

Added: 30 Apr 2018
Updated: 2 Nov 2019
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