INSCRIPTION
Dedication of a shrine to Isis/Aphrodite by an unknown woman
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 [Τὰ] κιόνια καὶ τὸ αἴτωμα
[κ]αὶ τὰς κινκλίδας καὶ τὴν
[Ἀ]φροδείτην τῇ θεῷ ἐκ
τῶν ἰδίων ἀνέθηκεν, ἐ-
5 πισκευάσασα καὶ αὐτὴν
τὴν θεὸν καὶ τὰ περὶ αὐτήν,
οὖσα καὶ λυχνάπτρια αὐ-
τῆς καὶ ὀνειροκρίτις folium
στολίζοντος Αἰμιλίου [Ἀτ]-
10 [τ]ικοῦ Μελιτέως, ἱερατε[ύ]-
οντος ἰακχαγωγοῦ Διονυ-
σίου Μαραθωνίου, ζακορ-
εύοντος ἁγιαφόρου Εὐκάρ-
που.
Inscription Type: |
Votive Inscription |
Date: |
ca. 127–130 CE |
Location: |
Athens, Acropolis, south slope, built into the church of Panagia Spiliotissa above the theatre of Dionysos |
Museum (Storage Place: |
British Museum |
Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Άγνωστο |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Dedicator – Benefactress - Lamplighter - Dream-interpreter |
Comments: |
Stele of pinkish-white marble. The epigraphic text records the restoration and dedication of a shrine to Isis/Aphrodite by an unknown woman who was the lamplighter and dream-interpreter of the goddess. She contributed the columns, the pediment, and the latticed partitions and dedicated a statue to Aphrodite, as well as repaired the cult statue of Isis at her own expenses. |
Bibliography: |
IG II² 4771; IG II3 4, 1130; AIUK 4.5 (BM, Dedications) αρ. 8; Matricon, Matricon-Thomas A 37, 57-58 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2025-02-04 |
Edited: |