IGII34 746 Dedication to Asklepios and Hygieia

Dedication to Asklepios and Hygieia

IG II³ 4 746 Date: ca. 390 BC

Relief to Asklepios and Hy[gieia].^[1]

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References:

IG II³ 4 746 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 4535 (PHI)

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Relief

Inscription type: Dedication (private, Asklepios), Dedication (private, Hygieia)

Findspot: Athens, near Lysicrates monument (Lost)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This inscription is known only from the Augustus Böckh’s report of the notes of the Abbé Michel Fourmont and Anthony Askew, who visited Athens in 1729 and 1747 respectively. Fourmont says that the inscription was located in the wall of a Capuchin monastery near the Lysikrates Monument (i.e. east of the Acropolis) and that six horse’s hooves were visible above the inscription. This probably means that it was a relief plaque. It was probably originally dedicated in the Asklepieion on the south slope of the Acropolis (on which, see IG II³ 4, 665). L. Beschi suggests that the inscription should be associated with the relief fragments NAMA 1358 and MA 2966, which seem to depict a crowd witnessing the arrival of someone in a chariot pulled by several horses (ASAA 47-48, 1969-1970, 92-97). The style of these fragments indicates a date around 390 BC (E Vikela, Apollon, Artemis, Leto 2015, 227).

Added: 15 May 2025
Updated: 15 May 2025
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