AleshireAsklepieion 8 Inventory of the Asklepieion

Inventory of the Asklepieion

Aleshire, Asklepieion, 8 Date: ca. 180-160 BC

uncertain number of lines missing^[1] . . . . . . on the . . . . . . on which a bandage . . . . . . length of . . . (5) . . . and the following [were dedicated in the priesthood of . . . ] . . . and eyes . . . ^[2] . . . of Eirene; a shin . . . . . . of Nikostrate; a leg . . . . . . a little relief with Nike’s ear . . . (10) . . . eyes; and these (were dedicated) in the priesthood of . . . . . . of -enaios; a little relief of Niko- . . . . . . and the remaining silver dedications . . . . . . not complete, of which the . . . . . . (≥) 718 . . . uncertain number of lines missing

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References:

Aleshire, Asklepieion, 8 (Translated text) (PHI)

IG II² 1536 (PHI)

Tracy, ALC 134s

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Account (Asklepieion)

Findspot: Acropolis (EM 8016)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This fragment is one of at least ten temple inventories from the Asklepieion on the south slope of the Acropolis. For the others, see Aleshire, Asklepieion, 1. On the sanctuary in general, see IG II³ 4, 665 with notes). The inventory is arranged chronologically and may be a very short record for a kathairesis ("liquidation"), in which old dedications were melted down to make one or more larger objects, but this is not certain. For examples of kathairesis inventories, see Aleshire, Asklepieion, 5, 6, 9. The letters are ‘in the style of’ the Cutter of IG II² 903, who was active ca. 180-160 BC, which provides a tentative indication of date (Tracy ALC, 132-36). [2] Many of the dedications are 'anatomical votives', on which see AIUK 4.5, pp. 69; J. Draycott and E.-J. Graham, Bodies of Evidence, 2017.

Added: 15 May 2025
Updated: 15 May 2025
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