INSCRIPTION
Dedication to Zeus Hypsistos by an unknown woman
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 — — — α θεῷ ὑψί-
[στῳ ε]ὐχήν.
Inscription Type: |
Votive Inscription |
Date: |
2nd – 3rd c. CE |
Location: |
Athens, Pnyx |
Museum (Storage Place: |
British Museum |
Inv. no: |
|
Name of Woman |
Άγνωστο |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Dedicator |
Comments: |
Plaque of white marble with a fragmentary moulding perhaps representing part of a human thigh above the inscription. Dedication to Zeus Hypsistos by an unknown woman (as the suffix -a of the first word of l.1 indicates) ex voto. 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 thigh. |
Bibliography: |
IG II² 4807; IG II3 4 1273; AIUK 4.5 (BM, Dedications) αρ. 21 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2025-02-04 |
Edited: |