ID 2008: Inscribed Statue-base

Modern Publication(s): CIG 2284 (editio princeps); Marshall II; Hicks 3; ID 2008

Brief description: Dedication to Apollo, Artemis and Leto of a statue in honour of Amyntas of Cnidus.

Attributes

Inscription Type: Dedication

Object Type: Statue base

Material: White marble

Original Location: Delos

Provenance: Delos

Date: 1C BC, probably before 88 BC. Dated by shape of letters and probable age of the artist (Hephaestion). The artist’s signature appears on several other Delian statues, and dedication to Apollo, Artemis and Leto is a frequent occurrence on Delos. (Hicks)

Dimensions: H. 2 ft 6½ in; W. 1 ft 11 in; D. 1 ft 7½ in. (Hicks)

Layout: Five lines of text; the fifth line is lower down on the same face, in smaller letters.

Writing: Inscribed.

Decoration: None.

Collection

Location: Leeds City Museum. (Hicks) (Current location unknown.)

Collector(s): Part of a collection purchased by Mr Benjamin Gott and Mr Rawson when travelling from Smyrna through the islands to Athens in 1815. Gott died of a fever at Piraeus, and the marbles then passed to Mr Rawson. They were kept at Rawson’s house in Halifax for several years, during which time six of the inscriptions were copied and sent to Böckh for inclusion in CIG. On Rawson’s death in 1845 or 1846, Mr Rawson’s brother, Mr S. Rawson, sold the marbles to Mr William Gott (brother of B. Gott). W. Gott then passed the marbles to his son, Rev. Dr. John Gott, who presented them with a few exceptions (Nos. 1-6, Hicks) to the Museum at Leeds. (Hicks)

Date collected: Collected by Rawson in 1815.

Accession or catalogue number: LEEDM.D.1967.1233

Translation

Amyntas son of Lysimachis the Knidian.

Aphrodisios son of Amyntas Soleus

For the sake of his good deed towards himself

(Dedicated this statue) to Apollo and Artemis and Leto.

Hephaistion son of Myron the Athenian made it.

Bibliography

E. L. Hicks, 'The Collection of Ancient Marbles at Leeds,' JHS 11 (1890), 255-270, no. 3.

J. Marcadé, Recueil des signatures de sculpteurs grecs, I-II (Paris, 1953-57), II 62.

J. Marshall, 'Observations on certain Greek Inscriptions in the Museum of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society', The 59th Report of the Council of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society (1879), 13-19, no. II.

The 44th Report of the Council of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society (1864), 11-12, 28.

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Greek text, from PHI