Inscriptions: Horoi, Poletai Records and Leases of Public Lands
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A01=Gerald V. Lalonde
A01=Merle K. Langdon
A01=Michael B. Walbank
Ancient Greece
Author_Gerald V. Lalonde
Author_Merle K. Langdon
Author_Michael B. Walbank
Category=CFL
Category=NKD
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Greek Archaeology
Greek History
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- ISBN 9780876612194
- Weight: 1379g
- Dimensions: 229 x 305mm
- Publication Date: 01 Dec 1991
- Publisher: American School of Classical Studies at Athens
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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The three types of inscription from the Athenian Agora presented in this volume are all concerned with important civic matters. Part I, by Gerald V. Lalonde, includes all the horoi found in the excavations; most of them had been brought into the area for reuse at a later period. An introductory essay discusses the various function that the horoi served, whether as markers of actual boundaries or private records of security for debt. The various types are illustrated in photographs. In Part II Merle K. Langdon publishes all the known records of the Athenian poletai, a board of magistrates charged with letting contracts for public works, leasing the state-owned silver mines and the privilege of collecting taxes, and leasing or selling confiscated property. The catalogue is preceded by an account of the nature of these transactions and the history of the poletai. Part III, by Michael B. Walbank, presents the records of leases for public and sacred lands, which once stood in the Agora; the documents are now in both the Agora and the Epigraphical Museum in Athens. The discussion considers the history and the terms of the leases. The three sections are followed by combined concordances and indices, with photographs of all stones not previously published.
