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| ID AXON | 518 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Author(s) | Silvia Negro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 8-8-2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title | Decreto del demo di Halai Aixonides per il sacerdote Polystratos e altri benemeriti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract (max. 650 characters with spaces included) | Il decreto, iscritto su una tavola da offerte (trapeza) rinvenuta nel santuario di Apollo Zoster, nel demo attico di Halai Aixonides, si data al 360-350 e prescrive il conferimento di onori per il sacerdote Polystratos figlio di Charmantides Halaieus e per un gruppo di altri quattro demoti, scelti (hairethentes) per assisterlo nella cura del santuario. Dal documento emergono informazioni sul personale di culto e su alcune pratiche cultuali, tra cui la celebrazione degli Zosteria. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Object type | Other, trapeza da offerte; marble; 120.0 × 63.0 × 62.0 cm. Complete. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chronology | Ca. 360/59 - ca. 350/49 BC. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of inscription | Decree. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Preservation place | Greece, Vouliagmeni, in situ; area del tempio di Apollo Zoster (Astir Palace). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Lemma | Vidi. Kourouniotes 1928, 40-1 [Gill 1991, nr. 20]; SEG XLII, 112 [Rhodes - Osborne, GHI 46]. Cfr. Peek 1942, 9-10; Wilhelm 1942, 136-47; Eliot 1961, 29; Whitehead, Demes 380-1, nr. 55; Jones 2004, 113, nr. 5; Brun 2005, nr. 142; Russo 2022, D44; AIO nr. 953. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Apparatus | 11 Λισχέας ed. pr. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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