IGII34 316 Dedication of a weighing table

Dedication of a weighing table

IG II³ 4 316 Date: ca. 100 BC

. . . [having been general in the archonship of -?] . . . . . . (dedicated this) to Zeus Soter [and Athena Soteira] . . . ^[1]

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References:

IG II³ 4 316 (Translated text) (IG Online)

SEG 41.164 (PHI)

I Rhamnous 153 (PHI)

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Weighing table

Inscription type: Dedication (general (strategos)?), Dedication (Zeus Soter), Dedication (Athena Soteira)

Findspot: Rhamnous fortress (Rhamnous Fortress 886 Φ)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This weighing table (sekoma or mensa ponderaria) had a number of depressions on top, equivalent to various measures of grain; perhaps it was used for paying out rations. Only the front rim and one depression on the upper surface survive. A complete example of roughly the same date from Assos in north-western Asia Minor can be seen on the website of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Zeus Soter and Athena Soteira (“Saviours”) were commonly worshipped by soldiers, cf. Petrakos, Topog. Rhamn., 327-29.

Added: 2 Apr 2019
Updated: 1 Jul 2021
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