AIO 1303 Fragment of a sacrificial calendar

Fragment of a sacrificial calendar

AIO 1303 Date: 475-450 BC

Fragment a

Face A

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ? [. . . .]𐌋̣[- - - - - -] [. . .]ο̣ις or ε̣ις : [- - - τ]- [έλ]εον : Θαρ[γελιο - - - Διὶ :?] [Μι]λιχίοι : ε[- - - χσύλα : καὶ : τὰ?] (5)[ἄ]λ̣λ̣α : Μετρὶ Ε̣[- - -] [.]ΣΠΥΡΙΧΕΙΑ[- - - : τι τρ]- [ί]τοι ἔτει : Δι[- - -] [. .]ον : ℎόταν ℎ[- - -] [.]ις : γαλαθενὰ̣ [- - - Κο]- (10)[ρ]οτρόφοι : ΕΜΙ̣[- - - χο]- [ῖ]ρος : ℎέροι : πα[ρ? - - -] ℎ̣εροΐνει : ἐμ π[- - - (προ?)πτ]- [ό]ρθια : χοῖρος [- - - Χά]- ρ̣ισιν : γαλαθε[ν - - -] (15)Ν : Ἀρτέμιδι : δεμ̣[- - -] Γαμελινος : με̣[νὸς? - - - φθί]- νοντος : Διονύσ[οι - - -] ἔριφος : κριτὸς : [- - -] ει : τράπεζα : ℎερ[- - -] (20)ℎέροι : παρὰ γνε[σίον? - - - Δ]- ιὶ : ℎεραίοι : χο[ῖρος? - - -] ε̣ι : ἀρὲν : κριτὸς̣ [- - - τ]- ρ̣άπεζα̣ :̣ ℎ̣ε̣ρ̣[- - - - - -] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Face B

11 lines lost - - - - - - ΛΕ̣[.] - - - - - - Ν : Δ[.] - - - - - - ΝΟ[.] (15)- - - - - - Ν : Δ[.] - - - - - -ΙΑ : Α[.] [- - - - - - τέλ]εον : Ι̣ - - - - - - Ν : Διο- [νύσοι - - - - - -]Ν̣Α : ΟΙ̣ (20)[- - - - - - τ?]οῖν : θ̣- [εοῖν? - - - - - -]ΑΙ : ΕΙ̣ [- - - - - - τέλ]εον - - - - - - Μ̣[. .]

Fragment b

[. .]ΛΕ- - - [. .]Σ : Ε- - - [.]ΕΣΠ- - - [. .]ΙΟ- - - [. .]ΛΚ- - - [. .]ΙΝ- - - [. .]Ο̣- - -

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References:

AIO 1303 (Translated text) (AIO)

IG I³ 234 + Add. p. 956 (IG Online) (PHI)

Sokolowski, LSCG 1

Immerwahr, Script, 95 no. 631

P. Thonemann ap. Lalonde, Horos Dios ZM 23 (ll. 2-5)

CGRN 21 (CGRN)

Translation by: Stephen Lambert, Jan-Mathieu Carbon

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Sacrificial Calendar

fr. a - Findspot: Acropolis (EM 6559)
fr. b - Findspot: Acropolis (EM 2498)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] Textual Note. In composing the AIO text we have had regard to notes of autopsies carried out by (a) Peter Thonemann in 2002; (b) Jan-Mathieu Carbon in 2015, using Reflectance Transformation Imaging under the guidance of Charles Crowther; (c) Lambert in 2018. In addition to minor adjustments to IG I³ 234 fr. a, note the following: Α3 Θαρ[γελιο- probably a reference to the month Thargelion or the festival Thargelia | A4-5 χσύλα : καὶ : τὰ? | ἄ]λ̣λ̣α AIO after Thonemann, νεφ|ά]λ̣ια previous eds. | A5 Μετρὶ Ε̣[ AIO, Μετρὶ ἐ̣[ν Ἄγρας IG remains possible | A6 perhaps -ς *πυριχεία, to do with pouring wheat Thonemann | A9 γαλαθενὰ̣ Carbon, γαλαθεν[- IG | A10 ἐμ π̣[όλει IG remains possible, but the Π̣ might be Ε (Carbon) or Μ (Thonemann) | A12 ἐμ π[όλει or ἐμ π[έδιοι IG | A15 Δεμ̣[οσύνει ? Thonemann, cf. IG II³ 4, 1061, a metrical dedication of the early third cent., though there it is probably not an epithet but an adverb; e.g. δεμ[όσιον, a "publicly funded" offering, Carbon | A16 Γαμελιο̑νος με̣[νὸς τετράδι φθί]|νοντος Thonemann, i.e. the date of the Theogamia, cf. Zeus Heraios (l. 21), but Dionysos (l. 17) is not known to be connected with this festival | A18-19 Σεμέλ]|ει IG remains possible | A20 παρὰ γνε[σίον ? Thonemann | B19 γαλαθε]ν̣ὰ ?; the left part of the final stoichos seems to be uninscribed, so perhaps iota | Β20-21 Thonemann | B22 Lambert. [2] This is a fragmentary early-5th cent. sacrificial calendar from the Acropolis. For other Attic and non-Attic examples of this genre of inscription see IG I³ 232 with n. 1. Fr. b contains no fully preserved word. There are several indications that the body responsible for it may have been a genos: A4-5 apparent provision of "wood and other things" for a sacrifice, cf. the wood supplied by the genos Salaminioi for sacrifices funded by the city at RO 37, l. 87; A15 possible allusion to a publicly funded cult or offering (cf. IG I³ 7 with n. 6); A20 possible provision of an offering "supplied by those of legitimate birth", a particular concern of genē; non-adherence to the conventional sequence of months, with Thargelion, normally the penultimate month, coming before Gamelion, is also paralleled in the genos Salaminioi, whose year begins in Mounychion. Thonemann suggested the genos might have been the Eleusinian Kerykes, who are thought to have had a locus on the Acropolis, the inscription's findspot (and possible location of A10, A12), cf. B20. Note also the priest of Artemis Epipyrgidia and the Graces attested for the Kerykes in I Eleusis 300 l. 10, cf. our ll. 14-15. However, given the fragmentary nature of the text this can be no more than an intriguing possibility.

Added: 3 Jan 2018
Updated: 12 Jun 2020
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