2. Epigraphy, Ig Ii2, 47, 4962
Tagged with subjects: • Akeso • Divinities (Greek and Roman), Akeso
Found in books: Mikalson (2016) 202; Renberg (2017) 251
| 47. . . . upon the table the following: . . . 1 mast-head cup; mast-head cup(s?) . . . a mast-head cup(?) into which the olive oil . . . another mast-head cup; a drinking cup (5) . . . made of metal(?); a statuette . . . a canteen-flask; a box; an incense-censer . . . a small tripod; small shield(s?) . . . 2 large shields; a large cupping-glass with a chain attached; 1 strigil (10) with a chain attached; a large strigil; another one with a chain attached; 2 cupping-glasses; a drinking cup; a canteen- flask or small cup; a cooling vessel; a brooch; 4 crowns Uninscribed line The following objects made of iron: (15) a large ring with a chain attached; a large strigil; medical forceps; 5 surgeon’s knives and forceps; 2 tablets/platters . . . tongs; 3 medical forceps; 4 strigils; (20) a ring with a chain; a statuette and . . . throughout the sanctuary worked in low relief . . . Decree The People decided. Athenodoros proposed. Concerning what the priest of Asklepios, Euthydemos, says, the People (25) shall resolve: in order that the preliminary sacrifices (prothumata) may be offered which Euthydemos the priest of Asklepios recommends (exegetai), and the other sacrifices take place on behalf of the People of the Athenians, the People shall resolve: that the overseers (epistatas) of the Asklepieion shall make the preliminary sacrifices (prothumata) that Euthydemos recommends (exegetai), (30) with money from the quarry set aside for the god, and pay the other money towards the building of the sanctuary; and in order that the Athenians may distribute as much meat as possible, the religious officials (hieropoios) in office shall take care of the (35) festival with respect to what comes from the People (dēmo); and distribute the meat of the leading ox to the prytany members and to the nine archons and the religious officials and those participating in the procession, and distribute the other meat to the Athenians . . . text from Attic Inscriptions Online, IG II2
47 - Assembly decree concerning sacrifices in cult of Asklepios in Piraeus '
4962. Face A (front) Gods. Make preliminary (prothuesthai) sacrifices according to this: for Maleatas, three round cakes (popana); for Apollo, three round (5) cakes; for Hermes, three round cakes; for Iaso, three round cakes; for Akeso, three round cakes; for Panakeia, three round cakes; for the Dogs, three round cakes; (10) for the Hunters with Dogs, three round cakes. Euthydemos of Eleusis, priest of Asklepios, erected the stelai (15) by the altars, on which (stelai) he first depicted the round cakes that are required to be preliminarily sacrificed. Face B (left) For Helios, (20) a propitiatory cake, a honeycomb. For Mnemosyne, a propitiatory cake, (25) a honey- comb. Three wineless altars. Face C (TOP) (30) Three wineless altars. Face D (back) Wineless. text from Attic Inscriptions Online, IG II2
4962 - Sacrificial regulation for the cult of Asklepios and associated deities at Piraeus '. None |
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