IGII34 1343 Dedication to Men by a priest of Isis and Sarapis

Dedication to Men by a priest of Isis and Sarapis

IG II³ 4 1343 Date: After 212 AD

Relief depicting a star within a crescent Priest in charge of vestments (stolistēs) of Isis and Sarapis, Aur(elius) Epaphroditos, I dedicated this as a thank-offering to Men of the heavens (Ouraniōi).^[1]

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References:

IG II³ 4 1343 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 4818 (PHI)

Bricault 101/0229

Translation by: Stephen Lambert

Monument type: Plaque

Inscription type: Dedication (Men), Dedication (Egyptian Gods)

Findspot: Unknown (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin SK 706)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] Ll. 4-5 are inscribed over an erasure (some of the originally inscribed letters remain legible). For the priest in charge of the vestments (stolistēs) of Isis, cf. IG II³ 4, 1130, l. 9. Men Ouranios is perhaps assimilated here to Osiris, cf. Plut. On Isis and Osiris 41 = Mor. 367D.

Added: 15 Mar 2022
Updated: 15 Mar 2022
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