IGII2 4519a Two dedications to Asklepios by families?

Two dedications to Asklepios by families?

IG II² 4519a Date: ca. 140-150 AD

Inscription A

col. 1

Leukios son of Dionysios^[1] of Azenia, Dionysios son of Leukios of Azenia,

col. 1

(5) Dionysios of Azenia, Dionysios of Azenia (dedicated this).

Inscription B . . . of Phlya and Demeas of Eleusis the sons of Demeas (dedicated this).^[2]

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IG II² 4519a (Translated text) (PHI)

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Dedication (private, Asklepios?)

Findspot: Asklepieion (In situ)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This appears to be an equestrian statue base (M. Segre, ASAA 13/14, 1930/31, 27-29) or less likely a funerary table (S. Follet, Athènes 173-174). If it is a base, then the findspot suggests that it was erected in the Asklepieion on the south slope of the Acropolis, probably as a dedication (on which, see IG II³ 4, 665). The named individuals are family members, known from various second-century AD inscribed catalogues. Leukios and Dionysios in column 1 are father and son. The latter also dedicated IG II³ 4, 841 in the Asklepieion. The two Dionysioi in column 2 were their cousins and perhaps also father and son. One of them was superintendent of the ephebes in 143/4 AD (IG II² 2050, l. 2). The date is based on the prosopography of the family, on which see Aleshire, Asklepios, 107-108. Each stroke of each letter of this inscription has been individually scratched out, in such a way that all the letters remain recognisable. The block was repurposed as a tub after antiquity and three holes have been cut in the inscribed surface at an uncertain moment. [2] The names of Demeas and his brother were added lower down on the stone in a smaller size and a different hand. The brothers have different demes, presumably because one of them had been adopted by a father from a different deme.

Added: 15 May 2025
Updated: 15 May 2025
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