INSCRIPTION
Dedication to Zeus Hypsistos by Isidote
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 Εἰσιδότη Διὶ ὑ-
ψίστῳ. folium
Inscription Type: |
Votive Inscription |
Date: |
2nd – 3rd c. CE |
Location: |
Athens, Acropolis, north slope |
Museum (Storage Place: |
Now lost |
Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Ισιδότη |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Dedicator |
Comments: |
Plaque of white marble with a relief above the inscription representing the upper face consisting of eyes with eyebrows and the bridge of the nose. Dedication to Zeus Hypsistos by Isidote. This dedication derives from the former site of the Athenian Assembly on the Pnyx. The dedicant must have suffered from a disease or injury affecting the eyes, but the relief might also refer to the eyes with which the dedicant saw a vision of the deity or to the eyes of the deity himself. |
Bibliography: |
IG II² 4808; IG II3 4 1274 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2025-02-04 |
Edited: |