IGII34 1146 Dedication to Eileithyia by a grandmother

Dedication to Eileithyia by a grandmother

IG II³ 4 1146 Date: 1st cent. BC

Polla daughter of . . . dedicated (this statue of) Publius son of - Bassus, [her own] grandson, to Eileithyia.^[1]

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References:

IG II³ 4 1146 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 3895 (PHI)

Pingiatoglou, Eileithyia E45

Translation by: Stephen Lambert, Giorgia Capra

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Dedication (private, Eileithyia)

Findspot: Athens (near church of St. Konstantinos) (EM 8439)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] Parents and grandparents often dedicated statues of their infant children to Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth. Here we see a Roman citizen family of the first century BC maintaining this Athenian tradition. On Athenian dedications to this goddess, see IG II³ 4, 1151, with notes.

Added: 25 May 2021
Updated: 29 Mar 2024
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