CGRN 77

Small sacrificial regulation concerning Artemis at Piraeus

Date :

mid-4th century BC

Justification: lettering and layout (Kirchner).

Provenance

Piraeus . Now in the Epigraphical Museum in Athens (inv. no. 8828).

Support

Block of Pentelic marble, broken on the lower part.

  • Height: 10 cm
  • Width: 14 cm
  • Depth: 5 cm

Layout

First two lines stoichedon.

Letters: 1.1 cm high.

Bibliography

Edition here based on Kirchner IG II² 4970. See now Curbera IG II³ 4, 1775.

Other edition: Koehler IG II 1661.

Cf. also: Ziehen LGS II 20; Sokolowski LSCG 23.

Text


Ἀρτέμιδος·
Ἀκολούθοι
μονόμφαλα
ΙΙΙ
5 [...]οι ﹕ μονό-
[μφα]λα
﹕ ΙΙΙ
[..?..]

Translation

(Altar) of Artemis. To the Acolyte. Cakes with one knob: 3. To [...]. Cakes with one knob: 3.

Traduction

(Autel) d'Artémis. À l'Acolyte. Gâteaux à une seule bosse : 3. À [...]. Gâteaux à une seule bosse : 3.

Commentary

This 4th-century text, found at Piraeus, is part of a group of mostly short inscriptions (cf. e.g. CGRN 53 and CGRN 54) found in Piraeus and in or near the city Asklepieion of Athens, prescribing the (preliminary) offering of cakes to various divinities.

Line 1: Ἀρτέμιδος. This inscription starts with the name of the god in the genitive (like CGRN 72 [perhaps] and CGRN 73 ), indicating that the altar is dedicated to the divinity in question or that this is the place of the cult of the god in question.

Line 2: Ἀκολούθοι. It seems that we should interpret the form as an epithet and the 'Helper' is the recipient of the offering, it is unclear which deity is meant here. The term is never attested as an epithet. Alternatively, perhaps the ἀκόλουθος is a member of the cult personnel and the inscription describes his perquisites. For a parallel in which the particle ὁ ἀκολουθῶν is an official of the cult, cf. CGRN 32 (Thorikos), lines 15-16.

Line 3: μονόμφαλα sc. πόπανα refer to cakes with a single knob or boss. They are attested in Athens for Heracles CGRN 134, and on Samos CGRN 87, line 6, a text where it is stated that one should prepare μονόμφαλα for Kourotrophos and Hermes as well as other cakes and honey-combs.

Line 5: [...]οι. A further recipient of cakes is missing.

Publication

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All citation, reuse or distribution of this work must contain somewhere a link back to the DOI (https://doi.org/10.54510/CGRN77), as well as the year of consultation (see “Home” for details on how to cite or click “Export Citation” to create a reference for this specific file).

Authors

  • Jan-Mathieu Carbon
  • Saskia Peels
  • Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge

How To Cite

Brief citation of the Greek text : CGRN 77, lines x-x.

Reference to the file as a critical study of the inscription : Jan-Mathieu Carbon, Saskia Peels et Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge, "CGRN 77: Small sacrificial regulation concerning Artemis at Piraeus", in Collection of Greek Ritual Norms (CGRN), 2017-, consulted on November 21, 2024. URL: http://cgrn.ulg.ac.be/file/77/; DOI: https://doi.org/10.54510/CGRN77.

Full citation of the CGRN in a list of abbreviations or a bibliography is the following : Jan-Mathieu Carbon, Saskia Peels-Matthey, Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge, Collection of Greek Ritual Norms (CGRN), 2017-, consulted on November 21, 2024. URL: http://cgrn.ulg.ac.be; DOI: https://doi.org/10.54510/CGRN0.

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                    (Altar) of Artemis. To the Acolyte. Cakes with one knob: 3. To [...]. Cakes with one knob: 3. 
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