IGII34 623 Dedication by victor in javelin-throwing from horseback

Dedication by victor in javelin-throwing from horseback

IG II³ 4 623 Date: ii AD?

. . . Crown

In laurel crown In the javelin (contest) (palton)^[1]

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References:

IG II³ 4 623 (Translated text) (IG Online)

SEG 19.201 (PHI)

Agora XVIII 208

Translation by: David Weidgenannt

Images: Agora Excavations - (1)

Monument type: Uncertain

Inscription type: Dedication (athlete)

Findspot: Agora (Ag. I 3076)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] Palton, “missile” or “javelin”, is probably a reference to a contest in which such an object was thrown from horseback, cf. J.-Y. Strasser, Rev. Phil. 75, 2001, 276-77.

Added: 21 Oct 2019
Updated: 2 Jul 2021
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