IGII34 1149 Dedication to the Eileithyiai by a father and mother

Dedication to the Eileithyiai by a father and mother

IG II³ 4 1149 Date: 1st cent. AD

To (the) Eileithyiai Tiberius Agrippas from Ardya (?) and Licinnia Julia (dedicated this statue of) Julia.^[1]

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IG II³ 4 1149 (Translated text) (IG Online)

Pingiatoglou, Eileithyia E39

Translation by: Stephen Lambert, Giorgia Capra

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Dedication (private, Eileithyia)

Findspot: Athens (Pangrati = sanctuary of Pankrates) (Unknown)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] Two parents dedicate their daughter (i.e. a statue of her) to the Eileithyiai, the godess(es) of childbirth. This goddess is sometimes referred to in the plural, and we often find two Eileithyiai in scenes representing the birth of Athena (see Wise, Childbirth Votives and Rituals in Ancient Greece, 2007, 153). The significance of "Ardyanos" is obscure. It might be part of Tiberius' name (there is an attested name Ardys), or an ethnic (e.g. from a place named Ardya, or a mistake for Sardianos, "of Sardis"). Cf. Byrne, Roman Citizens of Athens 348 n. 41. On Athenian dedications to Eileithyia, see IG II³ 4, 1151, with notes. This dedication was first published by W. Peek, AM 67, 1942 [1951], 56-57, no. 94.

Added: 25 May 2021
Updated: 29 Mar 2024
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