IGII34 1248 Dedication to Zeus Hypsistos by Eutychia

Dedication to Zeus Hypsistos by Eutychia

IG II³ 4 1248 Date: 2nd cent. AD

Relief Eutychia, to Hypsistos, a vow. ^[1]

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References:

IG II³ 4 1248 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 4809 (PHI)

Translation by: Peter Liddel

Images: Arachne - (1, 2, 3)

Monument type: Plaque

Inscription type: Dedication (private, Hypsistos)

Findspot: Acropolis, North Slope (Lost (former Berlin SK 718))

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[1] This is one of a number of imperial period dedications to Zeus Hypsistos (“Zeus The All High”) deriving possibly 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 carved in relief above 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.

This inscription was once in the antiquity collection of the Staatliche Museen - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, but was lost during the war of 1939-45 (see also IG II³ 4, 1249, 1274). Prior to this, a cast was made and is kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Added: 15 Mar 2022
Updated: 28 Mar 2024
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