11.3. Dedication by Dionysios on behalf of Ammia

Description:
Small white marble altar (W. 0.16 × H. 0.325 × D. 0.14) moulded above and below. The upper moulding has spaces on either side of reliefs, probably of breasts. Two olive branches are sculpted on the front.
Text:
Inscribed on the face, enclosed by the olive branches.
Letters:
Lightly scratched, lunate epsilon and sigma, cursive alpha; l.1, 0.01; ll. 2-4, 0.007-8. Uneven in height and alignment. It presumably initiated a poorly written cursive document.
Date:
Presumably before the Edict of Caracalla (lettering, nomenclature); but cf. lettering of 8.904 (=68.51) which refers to a M. Aurelius.
Findspot:
City, Village: stray find
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1977)
History of discovery:
Brought in to the NYU expedition in 1965 (65.51)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
1Διονύσιος
2 ὑπὲρ Ἀμ-
3μίας leaf
4 εὐχήν
1ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣ
2ΥΠΕΡΑΜ
3ΜΙΑΣ leaf
4ΕΥΧΗΝ
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Διονύσιος
<lb n="2" />
ὑπὲρ
Ἀμ
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
μίας
<g type="leaf" />
<lb n="4" />
εὐχήν
</ab>

Translation:

Dionysios on behalf of Ammia (in payment of) a vow.

Commentary:

Presumably a husband dedicating to Asklepios on behalf of his wife. It is a reasonable guess that the unstated reason is a problem relating to her breasts.

Photographs:

Face (1966)
 Face (1966)
Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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