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Inscribed Hellenistic or Roman Marble Manumission Stele Fragment

1914.03.0008

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Artifact Identification Inscribed Hellenistic or Roman Marble Manumission Stele Fragment   (1914.03.0008)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Documentary Artifacts
    3. :
  3. Declaratory Documents
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Hellenistic or Roman Empire
Date ca. 200 BCE - 100 CE
Culture Hellenistic or Roman
Location On Exhibitin the Ancient Mediterranean exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 13.0 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 9.0 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 4.6 cm
Weight 977 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Stone--Marble
Manufacturing Processes Cutting

Research Remarks

Description

Both sides are inscribed in Greek with eight lines of writing preserved on each side and from two to seven letters legible on each line.
Published Description Under Review
Bibliography

"Appointment with Apollo," Heritage Magazine. Oct. 1988, pp. 4-5.

Bodel, John, & Stephen Tracy, eds. Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A Checklist. Rome: American Academy, 1997.

Archaeological Reports, 29 (1982-83): 32-34.

Fisher, N. R. E. 2001 [1993] Slavery in Classical Greece. London.

Oldfather, W. A. "Inscriptions from Locris," American Journal of Archaeology, 19 (1915): 320-339.

Rainer C. S. Felsch (Ed.), 1996 and 2007. Kalapodi I and II. Mainz am Rhein.

Taxing Freedom in Thessalian Manumission Inscriptions. Mnemosyne supplement 361. Leiden: 2013.

Zelnick-Abramowitz, Rachel. Not Wholly Free: The Concept of Manumission and the Status of Manumitted Slaves in the Ancient Greek World. Leiden: 2005.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Classical Museum Purchase
Reproduction no

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