IGII34 222 Dedication by those responsible for the restoration of a statue of Dionysos (Ikarion)

Dedication by those responsible for the restoration of a statue of Dionysos (Ikarion)

IG II³ 4 222 Date: ca. 400-350 BC

The managers of the restoration (episkeuēs) of the statue dedicated (this) to Dionysos.^[1] ivy crown

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References:

IG II³ 4 222 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 2851 (PHI)

Russo, Ripartizioni, D123

Translation by: Julian Schneider

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Dedication (deme Ikarion), Dedication (Dionysos)

Findspot: Ikarion (modern Dionyso) (EM 13317)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This dedication, which has a cutting in the top for insertion of a small votive, commemorates the restoration of a statue of Dionysos in the deme Ikarion, perhaps the colossal statue of ca. 525 BC whose head was reworked and a canopy added in the fourth century BC (see IG I³ 1015 with notes; cf. I. B. Romano, Hesp. 51, 1982, 398-409 [SEG 32.242]; G. Despinis, AM 122, 2007 [2008], 103-37). The ivy crown (ivy was appropriate to Dionysos) perhaps indicates that those responsible for managing the restoration had been honoured by the deme for their work (cf. IG II³ 4, 223; for the award of ivy crowns in Ikarion see IG II² 1178).

Added: 28 Jun 2018
Updated: 7 Mar 2024
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