IGII34 779 Dedication of structures in the Asklepieion

Dedication of structures in the Asklepieion

IG II³ 4 779 Date: 113/2, 101/0, 89/88, or 79/8 BC

Aropos son of Leon [of Azenia^IX . . . (dedicated)] the lintel . . . ^[1]

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IG II³ 4 779 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 4936 (PHI)

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Epistyle

Inscription type: Dedication (Asklepios), Dedication (Priest)

Fragment a - Findspot: Acropolis (South slope) (EM 9039)
Fragment b - Findspot: Unknown (EM 923)

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[1] This is part of a series of inscriptions recording repairs to the Sanctuary of Asklepios on the south slope of the Acropolis by the priests of Asklepios in the first century BC (cf. IG II³ 4, 780-781, 787). More extensive repairs are provided for by IG II² 1046 of 51/0 BC and are clearly indicated by archaeological evidence (M. Melfi, I santuari di Asclepio in Grecia, 2007, 358-64). Aropos was also the manager (epimeletes) of Delos in 96/5 BC (I Delos 1657, 1714, 1762). The date of this inscription is uncertain, but if the tribal cycle for priests of Asklepios was operating regularly in this period (see S. B. Aleshire, Athenian Asklepieion, 1989, pp. 75-81, 372-73), then the available dates for a priest from Aropos' tribe (Hippothontis) are probably 113/2, 101/0, 89/88, or 79/78 BC (there is a break in the cycle between 109/8 and 75/4 BC, almost certainly at the Sullan sack of Athens in 86 BC).

Added: 12 Dec 2022
Updated: 12 Dec 2022
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