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The ‘Treatment’ of a Box in Delphi: A Unique Use of the Word ἺΑΣΙΣ

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2017

Jean Vanden Broeck-Parant
Jean Vanden Broeck-Parant*
Affiliation:
CReA-Patrimoine, Université libre de Bruxelles*
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Abstract

The inscription CID II.34 presents a unique use of the word ἴασις, which commonly means ‘treatment mode’ or ‘therapeutic method’ in medical terminology. It is applied here to an archive box and has been accordingly translated, until now, as ‘repair’. However, a comparison with a passage from Theophrastus suggests that the term may refer, in this particular context, to a preventive measure designed to protect the box and the documents it contained from humidity and decay.

Keywords

RepairarchiveDelphipreservationfurniture
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Hellenic Studies , Volume 137 , 2017 , pp. 184 - 187
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies 2017 

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