IGII34 877 Dedication to Asklepios and Hygieia in the Kerameikos

Dedication to Asklepios and Hygieia in the Kerameikos

IG II³ 4 877 Date: ca. 325-300 BC

On moulding Asklepios uninscribed space Hygieia^[1] erasure erasure uninscribed space

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References:

IG II³ 4 877 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 4417 (PHI)

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Dedication (private, Asklepios), Dedication (private, Hygieia)

Findspot: Between Kolonos Agoraios and Kerameikos (Kerameikos Museum I 537)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] The surviving portion of the inscription is a label on the upper moulding of the base, indicating that it supported images of Asklepios and Hygieia. The main inscription, which should have named the dedicator, has been entirely erased. The interior is hollowed out from the top to allow the insertion of a substantial votive, perhaps a painted wooden plaque (G. Despinis, Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts: Athenische Abteilung 114, 1999, 208-9). The sides and back bear anastylosis, for insertion into some larger structure. It was found on or near the north slope of the Kolonos Agoraios, south of the Kerameikos and it has been proposed that there was a sanctuary of Asklepios and Hygieia in this area (cf. IG II³ 4, 876 with notes).

Added: 19 Aug 2025
Updated: 19 Aug 2025
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