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| ID AXON | 461 | |||||||||
| Author(s) | Jeremy Pacheco Ascuy | |||||||||
| Date | 19-2-2024 | |||||||||
| Title | Zeuxias' Monetary Deposits at the Sanctuary of Olympia | |||||||||
| Abstract (max. 650 characters with spaces included) | This bronze plaque, found in 1879, contains two monetary deposits made by an individual named Zeuxias at the sanctuary of Olympia in the second half of the 5th century BC. It constitutes one of the few preserved documents of this type, making it a valuable testimony of banking activities at Panhellenic sanctuaries. Due to the fragmentary status of the text, a comparison with other
analogous inscriptions and literary testimonies is here offered, with
the aim of casting some light on: the reason behind the deposit, and the
formulaic language used. | |||||||||
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| Object type | Tablet; bronze, gilded; 10 × 5 × 0,2 cm. Fragmentary, intact on the upper and lower sides, The upper left corner and the right side are lost; the lower left corner is fully preserved. All along the rear side there are geometrical ornaments. Traces of a hole for a hanging nail can be seen on the upper left side, interpreted by Dittenberger as a trace of the tablet's primary use as a tripod ornament. | |||||||||
| Chronology | Ca. 450/49 - ca. 425/4 BC. | |||||||||
| Type of inscription | Inventory (?). | |||||||||
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| Preservation place | Greece, Olimpia, Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Ολυμπίας, nr. inv. 569. | |||||||||
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| Lemma | Kirchhoff 1879, 159, nr. 307, with facs. of A. Furtwängler; Daniel 1881, 256, nr. 6 [Roehl 1883, 32, nr. 11; SGDI I.4a nr. 1162; LSAG 219, 221, nr. 18, 408, pl. 43; van Effenterre - Ruzé, Nomima II nr. 160; SEG XLV, 2264]; Minon, I.dial. éléennes I nr. 21, pl. XVIII. Cfr. Meister 1889, 27-8; Roehl 1907; SEG XLV, 2264; Roehl, IGA; I.Olympia. | |||||||||
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| Apparatus | 1 [Ζ]ευξίαι ed. pr. | κατὸν π[όλεμον Meister | [παρακατέθεμεν] Meister | [παρελάβομεν] || 1-2 [τετ/α]ρ̣άκοντα Meister | [τεττ/α]ρ̣άκοντα | [τεσσ/α]ρ̣άκοντα κἠκατ[ὸν] ed. pr., Roehl | [τεσσ/α ?]ρ̣άκοντα κἠκατ[όν δραχμάς] Blass | [τεσσ/α]ρ̣άκοντα κἐκατ[ὸν] Jeffery || 3-4 [τέσσα]/ρ̣ες or [τ]/ρ̣ῆς ed. pr. | [τ]/ρῆς Meister, Jeffery | [τέτο]/ρες Blass | Ϝί̣[κατι δαρχμάς ?] ed. pr., Blass | Ϝί̣[κατι -] or Ϝ[εξήκοντα δαρχμάς ?] Roehl. | |||||||||
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