AIUK46 no. 3 Grave stele of Hippokrates and Baukis

Grave stele of Hippokrates and Baukis

AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments) no. 3 Date: early iv BC

Hippokrates. Baukis.^[1]

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References:

AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments) no. 3 (Translated text) (AIUK) (AIO)

IG II² 11722 (PHI)

GIBM I 120

Conze III no. 1513

Translation by: Robert Pitt

AIO Images: 1 2

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Funerary

Findspot: Athens (BM 1816,0610.351)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This monument was among the inscriptions acquired in Athens by Lord Elgin (cf. AIUK 4.1, no. 2). The names of a man and (probably) a woman, Hippokrates and Baukis (husband and wife?), are inscribed at the top, and there was probably originally a painting representing them below. The name Baukis is very rare (unattested otherwise in Attica), which together with the simple names lacking patronymics or demotics suggests that this may have been a pair of resident foreigners (metics). For more detailed discussion of the inscription see AIUK 4.6 (BM, Funerary Monuments), no. 3.

Added: 6 Apr 2022
Updated: 6 Apr 2022
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