Reproduction of Juror's Ticket, Dikast Pinakion, Allotment Plate

1930.01.0003

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Artifact Identification Reproduction of Juror's Ticket, Dikast Pinakion, Allotment Plate   (1930.01.0003)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Documentary Artifacts
  4. :
  5. Administrative Records
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Classical
Date 367 - 360 BCE
Culture Greek

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 8.2 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 4.7 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 0.8 cm
Weight 216 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Metal--Bronze
Manufacturing Processes Cast

Research Remarks

Description

Kroll Class V with same seal and section-letter format as in Class IV (Section-letter in upper left corner, triobol seal beneath, and gorgoneion seal at right. Double-bodied owl secondary seal.) Owner’s names inscribed with added pierced holes. Kroll catalog no. 88 (fig. 151) Athens National Museum Inv. Bronze 8064.

In Greek: Z in square punch; Epichares on line 1. Triobol in circular punch; hAlaie[us] double-bodied owl in square punch; gorgonioneion in circular punch on line 2. Epikrates Epicharous Halieus mentioned in a votive inscription dated 400–350 BCE (IG II2, 4884) could be the owner’s son or father.

Published Description Under Review
Bibliography

Kroll, John. Athenian Bronze Allotment Plates. Cambridge, MA, 1972, pp. 188–89 no. 88.

Kroll, John H. 1984. “More Athenian Bronze Allotment Plates,” in Studies Presented to Sterling Dow on His Eightieth Birthday. Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Monographs 10. Durham: Duke University, 165–
71.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Classical Museum Purchase
Reproduction yes, Original is located in the Athens National Museum; Inv. Bronze 8064.

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