IGII34 1759 Small sacrificial regulation for Mnemosyne

Small sacrificial regulation for Mnemosyne

IG II³ 4 1759 Date: 350-300 BC ?

Of Mnemosyne propitiatory cakes (arestēras) and honeycombs.^[1]

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References:

IG II³ 4 1759 (Translated text) (IG Online)

SEG 21.786 (PHI)

SEG 25.231 (PHI)

Sokolowski, LSCG 26

Agora XVIII 603

CGRN 95 (CGRN)

Translation by: Stephen Lambert, Feyo Schuddeboom

Images: Agora Excavations - (1)

Monument type: Block

Inscription type: Cult regulation

Findspot: Agora (Ag. I 6578)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This is one of a number of short inscriptions specifying offerings required, most but not all of them associated with the Asklepieia on the south slope of the Acropolis and in the Piraeus. See IG II² 4962, with notes. This inscription should perhaps be associated with the Asklepieion on the south slope of the acropolis, cf. the offering to Mnemosyne in IG II² 4962, Face B. For a different suggestion, see the note to CGRN 95. Paus. 1.2.5 recorded a shrine of Mnemosyne between the Dipylon Gate and the Agora. Restoration of cakes in the plural, [areste]ra[s], is indicated by spacing; see now Agora XVIII. Restoration of Mnemosyne in the genitive, "(scil. altar) of Mnemosyne" ([Mne]mosyne[s]) rather than the dative, "to Mnemosyne" ([Mne]mosyne[i]) is suggested by the parallels, IG II³ 4, 1747, 1748, etc.

Added: 3 Jan 2018
Updated: 27 May 2020
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