4.113. Votive to Asklepios
- Description:
- A small white marble moulded base, oval with flattened back (W. 0.85 at base – W. 0.65 above, × H. 0.35), rather chipped, especially on lower moulding; remains of metal channel, for an attachment, towards the right side of the top.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the moulding at the front.
- Letters:
- Some cursive influences: 0.05-0.08; square sigma, lunate omega.
- Date:
- Perhaps early second century A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- South Agora: 'P. of T. WII-90', during excavation of the south-west of the pool.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1990 (90.26)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 θεῷ
- 2Ἀσκληπ[ίῳ]
- 3[ε]ὐχή[ν]
- 1ΘΕΩ
- 2ΑΣΚΛΗΠ[··]
- 3[·]ΥΧΗ[·]
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
θεῷ
<lb
n="2"
/>
Ἀσκληπ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ίῳ
</supplied>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ε
</supplied>
ὐχή
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
</ab>
ν
</supplied>
Translation:
To the god Asklepios (in payment of) a vow.
Commentary:
Dedication of a promised object (not described) by an unnamed dedicator, doubtless in gratitude for a cure. The object dedicated may well have been an image of the part of the body that had been cured.
Photographs:
- Face (1990)
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- Face (1990)
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