IGII34 853 Dedication to Asklepios by Hekale

Dedication to Asklepios by Hekale

IG II³ 4 853 Date: 2nd-3rd century AD

Hekale’s dedication.^[1]

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References:

IG II³ 4 853 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 4522 (PHI)

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Plaque

Inscription type: Dedication (private, Asklepios)

Findspot: Asklepieion (EM 3513)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This inscription is carved on the side of a relief depicting a female breast, in notably uneven letters that are read from right to left, perhaps an example of the learned archaism common in Athenian inscriptions of the mid-second century AD (on archaising inscriptions in the Roman period, see S. Aleshire in XI Congresso Internazionale di Epigrafia, 1999, p. 153-61 and AIUK 4.2 (BM, Decrees of Council and Assembly), no. 17 with notes). It was dedicated in the Asklepieion on the south slope of the Acropolis (on which, see IG II³ 4, 665). 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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