AIUK45 no. 15 Dedication to Zeus Hypsistos by Onesime

Dedication to Zeus Hypsistos by Onesime

AIUK 4.5 (BM, Dedications) no. 15 Date: 2nd-3rd cent. AD

Onesime, a vow Relief to Zeus the Highest.^[1]

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AIUK 4.5 (BM, Dedications) no. 15 (Translated text) (AIO) (AIUK)

IG II² 4802 (PHI)

IG II³ 4 1271 (IG Online)

GIBM I 65

Translation by: Peter Liddel, Polly Low

AIO Images: 1 2

Monument type: Plaque

Inscription type: Dedication (private, Zeus Hypsistos)

Findspot: Pnyx (BM 1816,0610.211)

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[1] This is one of a number of imperial period dedications to Zeus Hypsistos (“Zeus The All High”) deriving from the former site of the Athenian Assembly on the Pnyx. For other such dedications see AIUK 4.5 no. 13, with notes. Many of them take the form of anatomical votives. In this case, a single breast is represented between the two lines of the inscription. Votive breasts are a common form of dedication, and several examples are known from this sanctuary (see AIUK 4.5 no. 13). They must have some connection with female health, although we need not necessarily assume that the dedicant was suffering from a disease directly afflicting the breast. A connection with breast-feeding, or fertility more generally, is also possible.

Added: 15 Mar 2022
Updated: 15 Mar 2022
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