IGII34 1907 Seat of the priest of Artemis Kolainis in the theatre of Dionysos at Athens

Seat of the priest of Artemis Kolainis in the theatre of Dionysos at Athens

IG II³ 4 1907 Date: ca. 2nd cent. AD (II) / ca. 3rd cent. AD (III)

Seats of the 5th section I ⟦ . . . ⟧

II ⟦(Seat) of the priest⟧

III ⟦of Artemis⟧ Kolainis^[1]

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References:

IG II³ 4 1907 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 5057 (PHI)

Maaß, Prohedrie 126

Bultrighini, Demi della Paralia, 252

Translation by: Claudio Huayna Avila

Monument type: Throne

Inscription type: Theatre seat

Original location: Athens (Theatre of Dionysos)

Findspot: Athens (Theatre of Dionysos) (Athens Ephoria NK 236)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This set of three inscriptions were inscribed on one of the numerous allocated seats in the theatre of Dionysos at Athens (on the seats for priests and other dignitaries, proedria, in this theatre see IG II³ 4, 1938). This marble "throne" was engraved on three different occasions: inscription I was erased and is now completely lost; inscription II was partially reused and some of its text is still readable; and inscription III, also partially reused, indicates that this was the allocated seat for the priest of Artemis Kolainis. Both II and III can be dated on palaeographical grounds. An officiant of Artemis Kolainis also possessed another allocated seat, not as prominent, in a different section of the theatre, on which see IG II³ 4, 1976. This seat may in effect have superseded that one; or they belonged to different officiants (cf. Bultrighini), perhaps the city priest and the priest in Myrrhinous, or IG II³ 4, 1976 may have belonged to a priestess (Lambert).

There were cults of Artemis Kolainis in the deme Myrrhinous and in the city (see IG II² 1182, ll. 18-20, with note).

Added: 27 Apr 2023
Updated: 19 May 2023
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