IGII34 834 Account of dedications to Asklepios and Hygieia

Account of dedications to Asklepios and Hygieia

IG II³ 4 834 Date: ca. 75-116 AD

Fragment a

. . . Gaius Julius [Antiochos Epiphanes] Philopappos (dedicated?)^[1] . . . a mantle (pallion),^[2] a headband (strophion) . . . (5) a belt and . . . son of (?) -tios renewed . . . -asios (dedicated?) a lamp . . . for the temple (naon) . . . a silver diadem or scraper . . . (10) Lupus and Proculus (dedicated)^[3] . . . two golden grape vines . . . -aios, praying for . . . (dedicated) eyes. Probus (dedicated) ears . . . -dilla (dedicated) genitals. Olymp- . . . (15) . . . Zotikos (dedicated) legs . . . eyes. Kleonymos (dedicated) . . . . . . . . . silver . . .

Fragment b

To Hygieia . . . (20) and . . . . . . Sabinus (dedicated) . . . . . . a torc (ampidexin) (?) . . . (25) breast. Philoumen- (dedicated) . . . Euod- (dedicated) . . . . . . Ka- (dedicated) . . . breast . . . . . .

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References:

IG II³ 4 834 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 4511 (PHI)

SEG 33.196 (PHI)

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Plaque

Inscription type: Account (Asklepieion)

Findspot: Asklepieion (EM 9556)
Findspot: Asklepieion (EM 9555)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This is one of at least ten temple inventories from the Asklepieion on the south slope of the Acropolis. For the others, see Aleshire, Asklepieion, 1. On the sanctuary in general, see IG II³ 4, 665 with notes. The association with the Asklepieion is indicated by the findspot and the presence of anatomical votives (ll. 13-16, 25-28, cf. AIUK 4.5, pp. 69; J. Draycott and E.-J. Graham, Bodies of Evidence, 2017). The inscription is substantially later than the any other inventory from Athens and has a different format. Any heading that the inventory may have had is lost, leaving its exact purpose unclear. For Philopappos (l. 1-2), heir to the kingdom of Kommagene, archon and agonothetes of the Dionysia ca. 93 AD, see IG II³ 4, 559 with notes. [2] The mantle in l. 4 is called a pallium, a Latin term transliterated into Greek. It was equivalent to the Greek himation and was initially associated by the Romans with Greek philosophers, although it gradually supplanted the toga and tunic as Roman everyday wear. The use of the Latin term, which would be avoided in high register literature of this period, probably reflects the impact of the Latin language in commercial contexts in the Imperial period (cf. E. Dickey, Latin Loanwords in Ancient Greek, 2023). [3] Lupus and Proculus in l. 10 are probably Gellius Rutilius Lupus and Gnaeus Acerronius Proculus, who were proconsuls of Achaia under Claudius or Nero (IG II² 4181 and 4183, Prosopographia Imperii Romani² R 250, A 33).

Added: 15 May 2025
Updated: 15 May 2025
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