IGII34 840 Dedication to Asklepios by Lykos

Dedication to Asklepios by Lykos

IG II³ 4 840 Date: 2nd century AD

Lykos dedicated this to Asklepios, (5) as a votive (euchēn).^[1]

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IG II³ 4 840 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 4518 (PHI)

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Relief

Inscription type: Dedication (private, Asklepios)

Original location: Asklepieion

Findspot: Asklepieion (EM 8260)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This relief plaque was dedicated in the Asklepieion on the south slope of the Acropolis (on which, see IG II³ 4, 665). The inscription appears to the left of a relief depicting a person's upper thighs and buttocks. On such ‘anatomical votives’, 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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