IGII25 13253 Taurobolic inscription

Taurobolic inscription

IG II² 5 13253 Date: 387 AD

After the consulship of Honorius and Euodius (386/7), on the twenty-seventh of May (pro hex kal(andōn) Iouniōn),^[1] when Hermogenes was archon (386/7), the taurobolium was performed in Athens, (5) having undertaken which, I, Mousonios, the most brilliant,^[2] dedicated this altar as a token (sunthēma) of the rite (teletēs).

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References:

IG II² 5 13253 (Translated text) (IG Online) (PHI)

IG II² 4842 (PHI)

Translation by: Feyo Schuddeboom

Monument type: Altar (Taurobolic)

Inscription type: Dedication (archon)

Findspot: Chalandri (NM 1747)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This inscription, in verse, is on one of two inscribed taurobolic altars from Athens (see IG II² 5, 13253). For the continued vitality of traditional Athenian religion through the fourth century AD, see AIUK 11 (Ashmolean), no. 3, IG II² 5, 13273, and 13281 with notes. [2] "The most brilliant" (Latin: vir clarissimus) was the standard designation for a Roman senator in Late Antiquity.

Added: 15 Sep 2017
Updated: 28 Jul 2023
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