Dedication (frag.) to Asklepios by Asklepiasts (ca. 250 BCE)

Athens (Attica, Greece and Macedonia — Pleiades map), ca. 250 BCE
IG II² 2353 = PHI 4589 = AGRW ID# 23217
Copenhagen Inventory info: 326

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This group of Asklepios-devotees consists of Athenian citizens and may be the same group that honored Alkibiades (see IG II² 1293 on this site).

The Asklepios-devotees (Asklepiastai) dedicated this (?) . . . to Asklepios: . . . Name son of Leonides from Oa subdivision, . . . Name son of Timasitheos from Diomeia, . . . Name son of Automenes from Halai, . . . Name son of Eustrophos from Peiraeus, . . . Name son of Thrasyleon (?) from Kydantidai, . . . Name son of Charmos from Oa, . . . Name son of Aristodemos from Aixone, . . . Name son of Thrasyleon (?) from Kydantidai, . . . Name son of Name from Ionidai, . . . (at least two more names).

Translation by: Harland

[οἱ Ἀσκληπιασταὶ τῶ]ι Ἀσκληπ[ιῶι ἀνέθεσαν]. | [— — Λ]εωνίδου Ὄα[θεν] | [— — Τι]μασιθέου Διο[μεεύς] | [— — Αὐ]τομένου Ἁλα[ιεύς] || [— —] Εὐστρόφου Πει[ραιεύς] | [— — Θρασυ]λέοντος Κυδαθ[ηναιεύς] | [— —]ς Χάρμου Ὄαθεν | [— — Ἀρι]στοδήμου Αἰξωνε[ύς] | [— — Θρασ]υλέοντος Κυδα[θηναιεύς] || [— — σ]θένου Ἰω[νίδης] | [— — στράτο[υ — —] | [— —]ου Πα[— —].

Item added: February 25, 2016
Item modified: April 2, 2020
ID number: 23217
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Category: a) Attica, Asklepios (Aesculapius), b) 3rd century BCE, d) Group with a deity in its name (e.g. Demetriasts), Dedication inscription, List of contributors / contributions, Membership list, Sacrifices / meals

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