Relief with wreaths and inscriptions
Inventory number
ΕΜ 8155
Artist
Attic workshop
Category
Inscription
Period
Roman Period
Date
AD 91/2
Dimensions
Height: 0.255 m
Length: 0.56 m
Material
Marble
Location
Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes
Inscribed over the wreaths is ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙ ΥΠ’ ΑΚΡΑΙΣ Ο ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΥΣΑΣ ΕΡΑΤΩΝ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕΝ and within each wreath ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ ΤΡΕΒΕΛΛΙΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΛΑΜΠΤΡΕΩΣ, Ο ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΥΣΑΣ ΤΟΥ ΣΥΝΕΔΡΙΟΥ ΕΡΑΤΩΝ ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΟΥ ΒΗΣΑΙΕΥΣ, ΘΕΣΜΟΘΕΤΗΣ ΕΙΡΗΝΑΙΟΣ ΣΩΤΟΥ ΒΕΡΕΝΙΚΙΔΗΣ, that is “To Apollo Hyp’ Akrais dedicated Eraton when the Eponymous Archon was Trebellius Rufus from the municipality of Lamptron, secretary of the council (synedrion) was Eraton son of Antigonos from the municipality of Bese, Thesmothetes was Eirinaios son of Sotos from the municipality of Berenikides”.
According to the inscriptions cut into the limited space left after the wreaths were chiseled, the dedication was made by Eraton, who in the inscription over the wreaths is defined as the secretary to the Thesmothetae and in the middle wreath inscription as the council secretary.
In the cave of Apollo Hyppoakraios and its vicinity about seventy similar plaques have been retrieved. These plaques are a typical category of dedicatory inscriptions of the Roman period
