IGII34 741 Dedication to Asklepios

Dedication to Asklepios

IG II³ 4 741 Date: 4th century BC

Asklepios Machaon relief . . . to Asklepios.

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References:

IG II³ 4 741 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 4416 (PHI)

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Relief

Inscription type: Dedication (private, Asklepios)

Original location: Asklepieion

Findspot: Acropolis, south slope (NM 1364)

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 left portion of the plaque is lost and the surviving portion, which is heavily worn, depicts a seated figure at left and a nude male figure standing at right. The labels in l. 1 indicate that these are Asklepios and his son Machaon. There are traces of a goddess behind them (Machaon's mother Epione or his sister Hygieia?). The lost left portion of the relief is likely to have depicted Asklepios’ other son, Podaleirios (cf. IG II³ 4, 683). The name of the dedicator would have appeared in the lost portion of l. 3.

Added: 15 May 2025
Updated: 15 May 2025
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