IGII34 435 Choregic dedication (Unknown festival and Panathenaia)

Choregic dedication (Unknown festival and Panathenaia)

IG II³ 4 435 Date: 366/5 or 323/2 BC

(Left) Having been victorious with the [cyclical?] chorus. (Right) Having been victorious with the pyrrhichistai, Atarbos son of Ly-, Kephisodoros (366/5 or 323/2) [was archon].^[1] Relief

Previous - SEG 67.86

References:

IG II³ 4 435 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 3025 (PHI)

SEG 59.193

SEG 53.202

SEG 68.84

Agelidis, Weihgeschenke 103

Humphreys, Kinship, 1221-4

Translation by: Stephen Lambert

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Dedication (choregic)

Findspot: Acropolis (Acropolis Museum 1338)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This dedication consists of two surviving blocks from a multi-block monument. The left-hand block depicts seven bearded males, led by a female, and commemorates a choregic victory in an unidentifiable choral competition; the right-hand block depicts a further female followed by eight beardless pyrrhichistai (performers of a martial dance), naked and carrying shields, and commemorates a victory by (the same or a related sponsor?), Atarbos son of Lys-, who is from a known propertied family from Thorikos (cf. Rationes F8A col. 1, ll. 35-38; IG II³ 4, 495; SEG 30.128). A Kephisodoros was archon in 366/5 and 323/2 BC. The style of relief and prosopography have been thought to favour the later year (thus IG II³ 4). On the pyrrhiche see IG II³ 4, 433, with notes, and 434. On issues surrounding the reconstruction and dating of the monument see most recently Humphreys (SEG 68.84).

Added: 14 Mar 2022
Updated: 1 Feb 2024
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