Consider the following statements about votive inscriptions in the second century BC :
1. They record gifts made to religious institutions
2. They tell us about the idea of transference of the meritorious results of the action of one person to another person
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

Options

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2