CGRN 208

Contract of sale for the priesthood of Homonoia on Kos

Date :

ca. 150-101 BC

Justification: Lettering (Bosnakis - Hallof).

Provenance

Kos . Found on an unknown location. Now in the new storeroom in Kos town (inv. no. E 344).

Support

Stele of white marble broken on the top.

  • Height: 82 cm
  • Width: 55.5 cm
  • Depth: 10.5 cm

Layout

Letters: 0.7 cm high.

Space between lines: 0.5 cm high.

Bibliography

Edition here based on Bosnakis - Hallof - Rigsby IG XII.4 315.

Other edition: Bosnakis - Hallof 2005: no. 20.

Cf. also: SEG 55, 931; REG 2006 BE no. 317; IG-online , with the Greek text and translations into German and English.

Further bibliography: Thériault 1996: 134-136; Livadiotti - Rocco 2001; Feyel 2006; Feyel 2009: 303-334; Paul 2013a: 145-150.

Text


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[..?..] τοῦ δικαστ[..?..]
[..?..] μ ἐλάσσονος ἄξιον δραχμᾶν τ̣[..?..]
5 [..?.. τοὶ πρ]ο[σ]τάται ἐπικλαρούντω ἐπὶ φυλὰν καὶ δᾶμ[ον ..4..]
[..?.. κ]αὶ τριακδα, αἴ καἱερεὺς ἀντιφωνῆι αὐτοῖς τὰν θυσ[ί]-
[αν
ἐπιτετε]λσ[θ]αι· α [δέ] κα ἐπικλαρσωντ[ι] μὴ ἀντιφωνήσαντος τοῦ
[ἱερέως], ποτεισάντω ἐπιτίμιον τ[ῶ]ι τειχοποίαι δραχμὰς χειλίας ν
[εὐ]θύναις· θυόντω δ κ[αὶ ὁ] γυμνασίαρχος καὶ ἀγωνοθέτας ἕκαστος
10 αὐτῶν ἱερεῖον τέλειον ἀπὸ δραχμᾶν εἴκοσι πέντε, ἐπεί κα αἱρεθέωντι·
κατὰ ταὐτὰ δὲ θυόντω καὶ τοὶ αἱρεύμενοι ἱεροφύλακες τοὶ μὲν τὰν χει-
μερινὰν
ἄρχοντες Θε[υ]δαισίου [ν]ται, τοὶ δὲ τὰν θερινὰν Ὑακινθίου τέσ-
σαρεσκαιδεκάται̣
ἕκαστοι̣ α[ὐ]τῶν [ο]ἶν π[ο]τὶ δραχμὰς εἴκοσι πέντε· ὁμοί-
ως
δὲ θυόντω καὶ ὅσοι α[ἱρεῦ]νται πάντες, ἐπεί κα ἐς τὰν ἀρχὰν ἐσπο-
15ρεύωνται
, καθ᾿ ἑκάσταν τράπεζαν ἱερεῖον τέλειον ἀπὸ δραχμᾶν εἴκοσι
πέντε· κατὰ ταὐτὰ δὲ θυόντω καὶ τοὶ προστάται κατὰ τὰν πενταετηρίδα
τὰν Ἀσκλαπιείων ἱερεῖον βοϊκὸν ἀπὸ δραχμᾶν διακοσιᾶν πεντή-
κοντα
· ὁ ἀεὶ ἱερεὺς τὰ ἱερὰ πᾶσι τοῖς θύουσιν ἐπὶ τοῦ βωμοῦ ἐπιτιθέτω οἷς δὲ πο-
τιτέτακται
θύεν τᾶι Ὁμονοίαι κατὰ τάνδε τὰν διαγραφάν· αἴ κα μὴ θύσων-
20τι
, ὀφειλόντω ἐπιτίμιον τῶι μὲν ἱερεῖ τοῦ μέρους δραχμὰς τριάκοντα
καὶ ἡ πρᾶξ̣ις ἔστω τῶι ἱερεῖ καὶ [λ]λ[ωι] τῶν τελεσάντων τὰς θυσίας καθά-
περ
κ δίκα[ς]· τᾶι δὲ θεᾶι [τ]εισ[ά]ντω ἐπιτίμιον δραχμὰς πεντήκοντα,
[ἁ] δὲ πρᾶξις ἔστω πρ τᾶς θεοῦ τῶι τε ἱερεῖ καὶ ἄλλωι τῶι χρῄζοντι
καὶ ἔστω ἐς κατασκευὰν ἀργυρωμάτων· τὰ δὲ ἱερεῖα τὰ θυόμενα τᾶι
25 Ὁμονοίαι δο[κ]ιμασ[θέν]τ̣[ω] πάντα πό τε τοῦ ἱερέως καὶ τῶν ἐξαγητᾶν ὅσ-
σοις
τοὶ ταμίαι διαγράφοντι ἐς τὰς θυσίας· ὁ δὲ πριάμενος τὰν ἱε-
ρωσύναν
ποιησεῖται καταβολὰς τοῦ εὑρέματος ἐπὶ τὸς ταμίας
τρεῖς, τὰν μὲν πράταν ἐμηνὶ Ἀλσείωι τῶι ἐπὶ Ἀριστοβούλου, τὰν δὲ
δευτέραν μ μηνὶ Γεραστίωι τῶι μετὰ μόναρχον Ἀριστόβουλον ὅς
30 κα γένηται πρᾶτος, τὰν δὲ τρίταν ἐμ μηνὶ Ἀλσείωι τῶι ἐπὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ
μονάρχου· [ὅ] τι δέ κα μὴ ἀποδῶι ἐν τοῖς χρόνοις τοῖς γεγραμμένοις
κατὰ τάνδε τὰν διαγραφάν, ὀφειλέτωι διπλάσιον καὶ ἁ ἱερωσύνα ἀνα-
πωληθήτω
ὑπὸ τῶν πωλητᾶν· ὅπως δὲ ἐπιφανεστέραἱερωσύνα γέ-
νηται
ποτ πάντα κατασκευασθέντων αὐτᾶι καὶ ἀργυρωμάτων ποτὶ
35 τὰς θυσίας τὰς γινομένας καὶ ὁ δᾶμος φαίνηται προνοῶν καὶ ἐν το-
τοις
τᾶς ποτί τε αὐτὰν καὶ τὸς πολίτας ὁμονοίας, τοὶ ταμίαι ὑπολιπόμ[ε]-
νοι
ἐλ λόγωι τὸ δέκατον μέρος τοῦ εὑρέματος τᾶς ἱερωσύνας καταχρήσ-
θων
ἐς κατασκευὰν ἀργυρωμάτων ὧν κα ἀπολογίξηταιἀρχιτέκτων,
ποθ᾿ ὃ καὶ ποιησάσθω τὸν ἀπολογισμὸν ἔσχατον τοῦ Καρνείου μηνὸς
40 τοῦ ἐπὶ Ἀριστοβούλου τᾶι δεκάται· τοὶ δὲ προστάται ἐσενεγκάντω τὸν
ἀπολογισμὸν ἐς μὲν τὰν βουλὰν τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνὸς τᾶι πεντεκαιδεκά-
ται
, ἐς δὲ τὰν ἐκλησίαν τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνὸς τᾶι ἑκκαιδεκάται· τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν
ἀργύριον τοὶ ταμίαι καταχρήσθων εἰς τὰ διατεταγμένα· τοὶ δὲ ἐν ἀρχᾶι
εὖντες προστάται ἐπιστάταν ἑλέσθων τᾶι ἐκκαιδεκάται τοῦ Ἀλσείου
45 μηνὸς ἐπὶ τὰν κατασκευὰν τῶν ἀργυρωμάτων, τοὶ δὲ ταμίαι διαγρα-
ψάντω
αὐτῶι τὸ ὑπολειφθὲν παρ᾿ αὐτοῖς δέκατον τοῦ εὑρέματος ἀπὸ τᾶς
[ἱε]ρωσύνας· ἐπεὶ δέ κα κατασκευασθῆι τὰ ἀπολογισθέντα ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀρχιτέ-
[κ]τονος
καὶ δοκιμασθῆι ὑπὸ τοῦ δοκιμαστᾶ ἐπιγράψαςἐπιστάτας ἐπὶ τῶν
ργυρωμάτων "πόλιος ἐκ Κῶ· ἱερὰ Ὁμονοίας" καὶ τοῦ ἱερέως πατρόθεν τὸ
50 ὄνομα καὶ τὰν ὠνὰν αὐτῶν παραδότω τῶι ἱερεῖ καὶ περὶ τᾶς ἀγοράξιος τοῦ
τε ἀσάμου καὶ τᾶς κατασκευᾶς αὐτῶν καὶ παραδόσιος τῶι ἱερεῖ καὶ περὶ τῶν λό-
γων
ὧν κα διαγρφηται, λόγον καταβαλέσθω ἐς τὰ δαμόσια γράμματα· κα-
τὰ
ταὐτὰ δὲ καὶ ὁ ἱερεὺς λόγον καταβαλέσθω περὶ τᾶς παραλάμψιος αὐτῶν
καὶ ἐς τὸν μετὰ ταῦτα χρόνον ἀντιφωνείτω ἐν λογισταῖς καθότι καὶ τὸς ἄλλος
55 [ἱε]ρεῖς γέγραπται· τοὶ πωληταὶ ἀπομισθωσάντω ἀναγράψαι τάνδε τὰν διαγραφὰν
[ἐ]ς στάλαν λιθίναν καὶ ἀν[αθέ]μεν παρὰ τὸν βωμὸν τᾶς Ὁμονοίας· πραθείσας
δὲ τᾶς ἱερωσύνας[κᾶρυξ καρυσσ]τω τοῦ τε ἀγορακότος τὸ ὄνομα παραχρῆμα
καὶ ὅσσου κα ἀγο[ράξηι] τὰν [ἱερωσύ]ναν· τὸ δὲ γενόμενον ἀνάλωμα ἔς τε τὰν
θυσίαν τὰν ἐπὶ τᾶ πράσει τᾶς ἱερωσύν]ας̣ καὶ ἐς τὰν τελετὰν τοῦ ἱερέως καὶ
60 τᾶς ἱερείας κ[αὶ τὰν στάλαν καὶ τὰ]ν ἀναγραφ[ὰ]ν τᾶς διαγραφᾶς κατα-
βαλεῖ
πρ[ιάμενος τὰν ἱερωσύναν ἅμα τᾶι πρ]άται καταβολᾶι.

Translation

[...] of (the court of?) judges [...] worth not less than [...] drachmae. (5) The prostatai should assign them by lot to a tribe and deme [...] and triakas, if the priest confirms them that the sacrifice [has been accomplished]. If they have engaged in drawing lots without the priest's response, they should pay 1000 drachmae as a penalty to the wall-builder during the public examination of officials. The gymnasiarch and the agonothetes should also make a sacrifice, each of (10) them an adult sacrificial animal of 25 dr., when they are chosen. In the same way, the chosen hierophylakes should each sacrifice a sheep of 25 dr., the ones of the winter season on the 9th of Theudaisios, and those of the summer season on the 14th of Hyakinthios. In the same way all who have been chosen should make a sacrifice when they come into office, (15) for each table an adult sacrificial animal costing 25 dr. In the same way the prostatai, too, should sacrifice during the quinquennial Asklepieia a bovine of 250 dr. The priest in function at each time should place offerings on the altar for all those for whom it is prescribed to sacrifice to Homonoia according to this contract. If they do not sacrifice, (20) they should owe a penalty to the priest of 30 dr. per portion, and the recovery of the fine should be completed by the priest and another one of the people accomplishing the sacrifice as if on the basis of a judicial decision. But they should pay to the goddess a penalty of 50 dr., and the transaction should be completed by the priest on behalf of the goddess and another person who wants to and the money should be destined for the making of silverware. All the animals that are sacrificed (25) to Homonoia should be put to the test by the priest and the exegetai for the amount that the treasurers fix for the sacrifices. He who buys the priesthood shall pay the sum in three instalments to the treasurers, the first in the month Alseios under Aristoboulos, the second in the month Gerastios under the monarch directly succeeding Aristoboulos, (30) and the third in the month Alseios under the same monarch. For what he does not pay within the prescribed timeframe according to this contract, let him owe the double, and the priesthood should be put up for sale again by the poletai. So that the priesthood becomes more distinctive with respect to all its equipment and the silverware for (35) the sacrifices that take place and so that the people manifests itself as caring also in these respects for the concord between it (the priesthood) and the citizens, the treasurers, having deducted from the account a tenth part of the sum of the priesthood, should use it for making silverware for which the architect should make an estimation and for which he should draw up the record at the latest in the month of Karneios (40) on the 10th under Aristoboulos. The prostatai should introduce the account to the council in the same month on the 15th, to the Assembly on the 16th. The treasurers should use the rest of the money for what has been ordained. The prostatai who are in function should choose an epistates on the 16th of the month Alseios (45) for the making of the silverware, and the treasurers should pay to him the tenth part that they took from the sum of the priesthood. When the objects that have been estimated have been made by the architect and examined by the evaluator, the epistates, having inscribed upon the silverware "From the polis of Kos. Sacred to Homonoia", and the father's name of the priest, (50) should hand over the price of them to the priest and should write a record in the public archive concerning the buying of the silver and the making of the silverware and the transferral to the priest and the account (of the sums) for the payment for which he (the priest) has been contracted. In the same way, the priest should set down an official account concerning the receipt of these things. In the future, he should answer to the logistai as it is written with respect to the other priests. (55) The poletai should draw up the contract for the inscribing of this contract on a stone stele and its setting up beside the altar of Homonoia. When the priesthood has been sold the herald should immediately make a proclamation of the buyer's name and the price for which he bought the priesthood. The one who buys the priesthood should pay for the expenses incurred for the sacrifice of the sale of the priesthood and for the initiation of the priest and (60) the priestess, and for the stele and the inscribing of the contract when he makes the first payment.

Traduction

[...] du tribunal [...] d’au moins [...] drachmes. (5) [Que les] prostates leur attribuent par tirage au sort une tribu, un dème [...] et une triakas, si le prêtre leur confirme que le sacrifice [a été accompli]. S’ils ont procédé au tirage au sort sans la confirmation du [prêtre], qu’ils paient une amende de 1000 drachmes au constructeur de remparts lors de l'examen des magistrats. Que le gymnasiarque et l’agonothète sacrifient chacun (10) un animal adulte de 25 dr., lorsqu’ils sont élus. De la même manière, que les hiérophylaques élus sacrifient chacun un mouton de 25 dr., le 9 Theudaisios pour ceux qui sont en fonction au semestre d’hiver, le 14 Hyakinthios pour ceux qui le sont au semestre d’été. De la même manière, que tous ceux qui sont élus sacrifient à leur entrée en fonction (15) un animal adulte de 25 dr. par table. De la même manière, que les prostates sacrifient un bovin de 250 dr. aux Asklepieia pentétériques. Que le prêtre successivement en fonction dépose sur l'autel les offrandes pour tous ceux auxquels il est prescrit de sacrifier à Homonoia selon le présent contrat. S’ils n’accomplissent pas le sacrifice, (20) qu’ils soient redevables au prêtre d’une amende de 30 dr. par portion et que le prêtre et un autre des sacrifiants aient le droit de recouvrement comme en vertu d’une décision judiciaire. D’autre part, qu’ils paient à la déesse une amende de 50 dr., que le prêtre et un autre qui le souhaite aient le droit de recouvrement au nom de la déesse et qu’elle soit consacrée à la confection de vases en argent. Que tous les animaux sacrifiés (25) à Homonoia soient soumis à un examen par le prêtre et les exégètes, pour la somme que donnent les trésoriers pour les sacrifices. Que l’acheteur de la prêtrise fasse trois versements de la somme aux trésoriers, le premier au mois d’Alseios sous Aristoboulos, le deuxième au mois de Gerastios sous le monarque qui succédera directement à Aristoboulos, (30) le troisième au mois d’Alseios sous le même monarque. Ce qu’il n’aurait pas payé dans les temps prescrits par le présent contrat, qu’il en soit redevable du double et que la prêtrise soit à nouveau mise en vente par les polètes. Afin que la prêtrise devienne plus éclatante eu égard à tout ce qui a été préparé pour elle et particulièrement aux vases en argent pour (35) les sacrifices à accomplir, et afin que le peuple veille de manière évidente, également à cet égard, à la concorde entre elle (la prêtrise) et les citoyens, que les trésoriers, après avoir déduit dans les comptes le dixième du revenu de la prêtrise, l’utilisent pour la confection de vases en argent, dont l’architecte a produit une estimation et dont il réalise un devis au plus tard pour le 10 du mois de Karneios (40) sous Aristoboulos. Que les prostates proposent le devis au conseil le 15 du même mois, à l’assemblée le 16 du même mois. Que les trésoriers utilisent le reste de l’argent pour ce qui a été prescrit. Que les prostates en fonction élisent un épistate le 16 du mois d'Alseios (45) pour la confection des vases en argent et que les trésoriers lui versent le dixième qu’ils ont déduit du revenu de la prêtrise. Lorsque les objets dont l’architecte aura fait le devis auront été confectionnés et examinés par l'évaluateur, qu’après avoir fait graver sur les vases en argent « De la part de la cité de Kos. Consacrés à Homonoia », le nom du prêtre (50) et sa filiation, que l’épistate en donne la somme au prêtre et qu’il dépose dans les archives publiques le compte rendu de l’achat de l’argent, de la confection (des vases), de la reddition de comptes au prêtre et du bilan (des dépenses) pour lesquelles il (le prêtre) a été engagé. De la même manière, que le prêtre rende compte également de leur réception. À l’avenir, qu’il fasse la reddition des comptes devant les logistai comme il est prescrit aux autres prêtres. (55) Que les polètes mettent en adjudication l’inscription du présent contrat sur une stèle en pierre et son installation près de l’autel d’Homonoia. Une fois la prêtrise vendue, que le [héraut proclame] directement le nom de l’acheteur et le montant pour lequel il aura acheté [la prêtrise]. Que [l’acheteur de la prêtrise] paie la dépense pour le sacrifice de la [vente de la prêtrise], l’initiation du prêtre et (60) de la prêtresse, [la stèle et] l’inscription du contrat [en même temps que le premier] versement.

Commentary

This inscription regulates the sale of the priesthood of Homonoia. On this type of document, see CGRN 147. The beginning of the text is lost, but the rest is quite well preserved. It is divided in four sections: 1. Sacrificial regulations (lines 1-25); 2. Instalments of the sale price (lines 25-32); 3. Offering of silver vessel (lines 32-54); 4. Various regulations concerning the sale and the expenses (lines 54-60).

A public cult of Homonoia, personification of Concord, is attested on Kos from the late 3rd century BC, as well as in the deme of Isthmos (see IG XII.4 280, line 4; Livadiotti - Rocco). While this cult has been particularly associated with the synoecism of the island in 366 BC (Sokolowski, Thériault), or with the homopoliteia between Kos and Kalymna that took place around 200 BC (Bosnakis - Hallof, p. 240-245; Livadiotti - Rocco, p. 383-384), the evidence suggests that the cult was performed on a regular basis, and not only activated in times of crisis. The sacrificial regulations in our text (lines 1-15) show that the cult was strongly oriented towards the polis institutions. More specifically, the goddess concerned herself with the entry into civic groups, either the body of citizens, or a board of magistrates. Evidently concord and harmony were essential to the proper functioning of these groups. On the cult of Homonoia in Kos, see more generally Paul.

Lines 1-8: New citizens were required to perform a sacrifice to Homonoia as a precondition to their epiklerosis, i.e. the allocation by lot of civic and territorial subdivisions (tribe, deme, triakas). Cp. IG XII.4 318, where a similar procedure existed for manumissions. New citizens were also required to offer a sacrifice to Heracles Kallinikos (see CGRN 221, lines 35-39).

Lines 15 ff: These lines describe a significant offering to Homonoia (a bovine) in the context of the quadrennial festival of the Asklepieia. At line 15, the instruction to offer an adult animal "for each table" is somewhat enigmatic. Perhaps there were more than one τραπέζα? Or should each archon dedicate a table with offerings?

Lines 17-18: On the placing of the hiera on the altar, see CGRN 147, lines 10-11.

Lines 19-20: Rather allusively, the fine (ἐπιτίμιον) of 30 dr. imposed on each prostates (among a board of five) who fails to sacrifice is said to be commensurate with "the portion". This probably implies that the fine is a form of compensation for what would normally be given to the priest, i.e. his perquisites from the sacrificial animals mentioned in the previous lines (such as the bovine costing 250 dr.).

Lines 23-25: The priest and the exegetai, i.e. religious experts, were in charge of the dokimasia, which consisted in an examination of the sacrificial animals in order to check that they were suitable for the sacrifice, i.e. that they were flawless, and corresponded to the existing regulations, in terms of age, sex, colour, etc. See Feyel 2006 and 2009. In this case, the dokimasia seems to have specifically aimed at confirming that the value of the animals corresponded to the sum of money allocated by the tamiai.

Lines 32-54: Part of the income (a tenth) from the sale of the priesthood is consecrated to the production of silver vessel for the sacrifices (ἀργυρωμάτων ποτὶ τὰς θυσίας, lines 33-34), and for which the confection process is described in detail.

Lines 58-59: On the initiation of the priest or priestess, see CGRN 175 (Priene), line 36. The alternative may imply that the priesthood could be sold to a men or a woman, but the fact that the contract otherwise only mentions a “priest” rather suggests that the formula was copied as it was from a generic model.

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Authors

  • Jan-Mathieu Carbon
  • Stéphanie Paul
  • Saskia Peels

How To Cite

Brief citation of the Greek text : CGRN 208, lines x-x.

Reference to the file as a critical study of the inscription : Jan-Mathieu Carbon, Stéphanie Paul et Saskia Peels, "CGRN 208: Contract of sale for the priesthood of Homonoia on Kos", in Collection of Greek Ritual Norms (CGRN), 2017-, consulted on April 18, 2024. URL: http://cgrn.philo.ulg.ac.be/file/208/; DOI: https://doi.org/10.54510/CGRN208.

Full citation of the CGRN in a list of abbreviations or a bibliography is the following : Jan-Mathieu Carbon, Saskia Peels-Matthey, Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge, Collection of Greek Ritual Norms (CGRN), 2017-, consulted on April 18, 2024. URL: http://cgrn.ulg.ac.be; DOI: https://doi.org/10.54510/CGRN0.

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	    			<p> Edition here based on Bosnakis - Hallof - Rigsby <bibl type="abbr" n="IG XII.4">IG XII.4</bibl> 315.</p>	
	    			
	    			<p> Other edition:                   
	    				<bibl type="author_date" n="Bosnakis - Hallof 2005">Bosnakis - Hallof 2005</bibl>: no. 20.</p>
	    			
	    			<p> Cf. also:
	    				<bibl type="abbr" n="SEG">SEG</bibl> 55, 931; 
	    				<title>REG</title> 2006 <bibl type="abbr" n="BE">BE</bibl> no. 317; 
	    				<ref target="http://telota.bbaw.de/ig/digitale-edition/inschrift/IG%20XII%204,%201,%20315" type="external">IG-online</ref>, with the Greek text and translations into German and English.</p>
	    			
	    			<p> Further bibliography: 
	    				<bibl type="author_date" n="Thériault 1996">Thériault 1996</bibl>: 134-136;
	    				<bibl type="author_date" n="Livadiotti - Rocco 2001">Livadiotti - Rocco 2001</bibl>;
	    				<bibl type="author_date" n="Feyel 2006">Feyel 2006</bibl>;
	    				<bibl type="author_date" n="Feyel 2009">Feyel 2009</bibl>: 303-334;
	    				<bibl type="author_date" n="Paul 2013a">Paul 2013a</bibl>: 145-150.</p>
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<lb xml:id="line_3" n="3"/> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> τοῦ δικαστ<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_4" n="4"/> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <w lemma="μή"><unclear>μὴ</unclear></w> <w lemma="ἐλάσσων">ἐλάσσονος</w> <w lemma="ἄξιος">ἄξιον</w> <w lemma="δραχμή">δραχμᾶν</w> <orig>τ̣</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_5" n="5"/> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost">τοὶ</supplied> <name type="title"><w lemma="προστάτης"><supplied reason="lost">πρ</supplied>ο<supplied reason="lost">σ</supplied><unclear>τ</unclear>άται</w></name> <w lemma="ἐπικληρόω">ἐπικλαρούντω</w> <w lemma="ἐπί">ἐπὶ</w> <name type="group"><w lemma="φυλή">φυλὰν</w></name> καὶ <name type="group"><w lemma="δῆμος">δᾶμ<supplied reason="lost">ον</supplied></w></name> <gap reason="lost" quantity="4" unit="character"/> 
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_6" n="6"/> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost">κ</supplied>αὶ <name type="group"><w lemma="τριακάς">τ<unclear>ρια</unclear>κ<unclear>ά</unclear>δα</w></name>, <w lemma="εἰ">αἴ</w> <w lemma="κα">κα</w> ὁ <name type="personnel"><w lemma="ἱερεύς">ἱερεὺς</w></name> <w lemma="ἀντιφωνέω">ἀντιφωνῆι</w> <w lemma="αὐτός">αὐτοῖς</w> τὰν <name type="sacrifice"><w lemma="θυσία">θυσ<supplied reason="lost">ί</supplied>
	    					
<lb xml:id="line_7" n="7" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">αν</supplied></w></name> <w lemma="ἐπιτελέω"><supplied reason="lost">ἐπιτετε</supplied><unclear>λ</unclear>έ<unclear>σ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">θ</supplied><unclear>α</unclear>ι</w>· <w lemma="εἰ">α<unclear>ἰ</unclear></w> <supplied reason="lost">δέ</supplied> <w lemma="κα">κ<unclear>α</unclear></w> <w lemma="ἐπικληρόω">ἐπι<unclear>κ</unclear>λαρ<unclear>ώ</unclear>σωντ<supplied reason="lost">ι</supplied></w> <w lemma="μή">μὴ</w> <w lemma="ἀντιφωνέω">ἀντιφωνήσαντος</w> τοῦ
	    				
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<lb xml:id="line_9" n="9"/> <w lemma="εὔθυνα"><supplied reason="lost">εὐ</supplied>θύναις</w>· <name type="sacrifice"><w lemma="θύω">θυόντ<unclear>ω</unclear></w></name> <unclear>δὲ</unclear> <unclear>κ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">αὶ ὁ</supplied> <name type="title"><w lemma="γυμνασίαρχος">γυμνασίαρχος</w></name> καὶ <unclear>ὁ</unclear> <name type="title"><w lemma="ἀγωνοθέτης">ἀγωνοθέτας</w></name> <w lemma="ἕκαστος">ἕκαστος</w>
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_10" n="10"/> <w lemma="αὐτός">αὐτῶν</w> <name type="animal" key="generic"><w lemma="ἱερεῖον">ἱερεῖον</w></name> <name type="age"><w lemma="τέλειος">τέλειον</w></name> <w lemma="ἀπό">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="δραχμή">δραχμᾶν</w> <w lemma="εἴκοσι">εἴκοσι</w> <w lemma="πέντε">πέντε</w>, <w lemma="ἐπεί">ἐπεί</w> <w lemma="κα">κα</w> <w lemma="αἱρέω">αἱρεθέωντι</w>· 
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_11" n="11"/> <w lemma="κατά">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="οὗτος">ταὐτὰ</w> δὲ <name type="sacrifice"><w lemma="θύω">θυόντω</w></name> καὶ τοὶ <w lemma="αἱρέω">αἱρεύμενοι</w> <name type="personnel"><w lemma="ἱεροφύλαξ">ἱεροφύλακες</w></name> τοὶ μὲν τὰν <w lemma="χειμερινός">χει
	    					
<lb xml:id="line_12" n="12" break="no"/>μερινὰν</w> <w lemma="ἄρχω">ἄρχοντες</w> <name type="month"><w lemma="θεοδαίσια">Θε<supplied reason="lost">υ</supplied>δαισίου</w></name> <w lemma="ἔνατος"><unclear>ἐ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ν</supplied><unclear>άτ</unclear>αι</w>, τοὶ δὲ τὰν <w lemma="θερινός">θερινὰν</w> <name type="month"><w lemma="Ὑακίνθιος">Ὑακινθίου</w></name> <w lemma="τεσσαρακαιδέκατος">τέσ
	    						
<lb xml:id="line_13" n="13" break="no"/>σαρεσκαιδεκάται̣</w> <w lemma="ἕκαστος">ἕκαστοι̣</w> <w lemma="αὐτός"><unclear>α</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ὐ</supplied>τῶ<unclear>ν</unclear></w> <name type="animal" key="sheep"><w lemma="ὄϊς"><supplied reason="lost">ο</supplied>ἶν</w></name> <w lemma="πρός">π<supplied reason="lost">ο</supplied>τὶ</w> <w lemma="δραχμή">δραχμὰς</w> <w lemma="εἴκοσι">εἴκοσι</w> <w lemma="πέντε">πέντε</w>· <w lemma="ὅμοιος">ὁμοί
	    							
<lb xml:id="line_14" n="14" break="no"/>ως</w> δὲ <name type="sacrifice"><w lemma="θύω">θυόντω</w></name> καὶ <w lemma="ὅσος">ὅσοι</w> <w lemma="αἱρέω">α<supplied reason="lost">ἱρεῦ</supplied>νται</w> <w lemma="πᾶς">πάντες</w>, <w lemma="ἐπεί">ἐπεί</w> <w lemma="κα">κα</w> <w lemma="εἰς">ἐς</w> τὰν <w lemma="ἀρχή">ἀρχὰν</w> <w lemma="εἰσπορεύω">ἐσπο
	    								
<lb xml:id="line_15" n="15" break="no"/>ρεύωνται</w>, <w lemma="κατά">καθ᾿</w> <w lemma="ἕκαστος">ἑκάσταν</w> <name type="structure"><w lemma="τράπεζα">τράπεζαν</w></name> <name type="animal" key="generic"><w lemma="ἱερεῖον">ἱερεῖον</w></name> <name type="age"><w lemma="τέλειος">τέλειον</w></name> <w lemma="ἀπό">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="δραχμή">δραχμᾶν</w> <w lemma="εἴκοσι">εἴκοσι</w> 
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_16" n="16"/> <w lemma="πέντε">πέντε</w>· <w lemma="κατά">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="αὐτός">ταὐτὰ</w> δὲ <name type="sacrifice"><w lemma="θύω">θυόντω</w></name> καὶ τοὶ <name type="title"><w lemma="προστάτης">προστάται</w></name> <w lemma="κατά">κατὰ</w> τὰν <name type="festival"><w lemma="πενταετηρίς">πενταετηρίδα</w></name>
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_17" n="17"/> τὰν <name type="deity" key="Asclepius"><w lemma="Ἀσκληπιός">Ἀσκλαπιείων</w></name> <name type="animal" key="generic"><w lemma="ἱερεῖον">ἱερεῖον</w></name> <name type="animal" key="ox"><w lemma="βοεικός">βοϊκὸν</w></name> <w lemma="ἀπό">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="δραχμή">δραχμᾶν</w> <w lemma="διακόσιοι">διακοσιᾶν</w> <w lemma="πεντήκοντα">πεντή
	    					
<lb xml:id="line_18" n="18" break="no"/>κοντα</w>· ὁ <w lemma="ἀεί">ἀεὶ</w> <name type="personnel"><w lemma="ἱερεύς">ἱερεὺς</w></name> τὰ <name type="genericOffering"><w lemma="ἱερός">ἱερὰ</w></name> <w lemma="πᾶς">πᾶσι</w> τοῖς <name type="sacrifice"><w lemma="θύω">θύουσιν</w></name> <w lemma="ἐπί">ἐπὶ</w> τοῦ <name type="structure"><w lemma="βωμός">βωμοῦ</w></name> <w lemma="ἐπιτίθημι">ἐπιτιθέτω</w> <w lemma="ὅς">οἷς</w> δὲ <w lemma="προστάσσω">πο
	    						
<lb xml:id="line_19" n="19" break="no"/>τιτέτακται</w> <name type="sacrifice"><w lemma="θύω">θύεν</w></name> τᾶι <name type="deity" key="Homonoia"><w lemma="ὁμόνοια">Ὁμονοίαι</w></name> <w lemma="κατά">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="ὅδε">τάνδε</w> τὰν <name type="authority"><w lemma="διαγραφή">διαγραφάν</w></name>· <w lemma="εἰ">αἴ</w> <w lemma="κα">κα</w> <w lemma="μή">μὴ</w> <name type="sacrifice"><w lemma="θύω">θύσων
	    							
<lb xml:id="line_20" n="20" break="no"/>τι</w></name>, <name type="punishment"><w lemma="ὀφείλω">ὀφειλόντω</w></name> <w lemma="ἐπιτίμιον">ἐπιτίμιον</w> τῶι μὲν <name type="personnel"><w lemma="ἱερεύς">ἱερεῖ</w></name> τοῦ <name type="portion"><w lemma="μέρος">μέρους</w></name> <w lemma="δραχμή">δραχμὰς</w> <w lemma="τριάκοντα">τριάκοντα</w> 
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_21" n="21"/> <unclear>κ</unclear>αὶ ἡ <w lemma="πρᾶξις">πρᾶξ̣ις</w> <w lemma="εἰμί">ἔστω</w> τῶι <name type="personnel"><w lemma="ἱερεύς">ἱερεῖ</w></name> <unclear>κ</unclear>αὶ <w lemma="ἄλλος">ἄ<supplied reason="lost">λ</supplied>λ<supplied reason="lost">ωι</supplied></w> τῶν <w lemma="τελέω">τελεσάντων</w> τὰς <name type="sacrifice"><w lemma="θυσία">θυσίας</w></name> <w lemma="καθάπερ">καθά
	    					
<lb xml:id="line_22" n="22" break="no"/>περ</w> <w lemma="ἐκ"><unclear>ἐ</unclear>κ</w> <name type="authority"><w lemma="δίκη">δίκα<supplied reason="lost">ς</supplied></w></name>· τᾶι δὲ <name type="deity" key="Homonoia"><w lemma="θεά">θεᾶι</w></name> <name type="punishment"><w lemma="τίνω"><supplied reason="lost">τ</supplied>ει<unclear>σ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ά</supplied>ντ<unclear>ω</unclear></w></name> <w lemma="ἐπιτίμιον">ἐπιτίμιον</w> <w lemma="δραχμή">δραχμὰς</w> <w lemma="πεντήκοντα">πεντήκοντα</w>,
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_23" n="23"/> <supplied reason="lost">ἁ</supplied> δὲ <w lemma="πρᾶξις">πρᾶξις</w> <w lemma="εἰμί">ἔστω</w> <w lemma="ὑπέρ"><unclear>ὑπ</unclear>ὲ<unclear>ρ</unclear></w> τᾶς <name type="deity" key="Homonoia"><w lemma="θεός">θεοῦ</w></name> τῶι τε <name type="personnel"><w lemma="ἱερεύς">ἱερεῖ</w></name> καὶ <w lemma="ἄλλος">ἄλλωι</w> τῶι <w lemma="χρῄζω">χρῄζοντι</w>
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_24" n="24"/> καὶ <w lemma="εἰμί">ἔστω</w> <w lemma="εἰς">ἐς</w> <w lemma="κατασκευή">κατα<unclear>σκ</unclear>ευὰν</w> <name type="object"><w lemma="ἀργύρωμα">ἀργυρωμάτων</w></name>· τὰ δὲ <name type="animal" key="generic"><w lemma="ἱερεῖον">ἱερεῖα</w></name> τὰ <name type="sacrifice"><w lemma="θύω">θυόμενα</w></name> τᾶι
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_25" n="25"/> <name type="deity" key="Homonoia"><w lemma="ὁμόνοια">Ὁμονοίαι</w></name> <w lemma="δοκιμάζω">δο<supplied reason="lost">κ</supplied>ιμ<unclear>ασ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">θέν</supplied>τ̣<supplied reason="lost">ω</supplied></w> <w lemma="πᾶς"><unclear>π</unclear>άντα</w> <w lemma="ὑπό"><unclear>ὑ</unclear>πό</w> τε τοῦ <name type="personnel"><w lemma="ἱερεύς">ἱερέως</w></name> καὶ τῶν <name type="personnel"><w lemma="ἐξηγητής">ἐξαγητᾶν</w></name> <w lemma="ὅσος">ὅσ
	    					
<lb xml:id="line_26" n="26" break="no"/>σοις</w> τοὶ <name type="title"><w lemma="ταμίας">ταμίαι</w></name> <w lemma="διαγράφω">διαγράφοντι</w> <w lemma="εἰς">ἐς</w> τὰς <name type="sacrifice"><w lemma="θυσία">θυσίας</w></name>· ὁ δὲ <w lemma="πρίαμαι">πριάμενος</w> τὰν <w lemma="ἱερωσύνη">ἱε
	    						
<lb xml:id="line_27" n="27" break="no"/>ρωσύναν</w> <w lemma="ποιέω">ποιησεῖται</w> <w lemma="καταβολή">καταβολὰς</w> τοῦ <w lemma="εὕρημα">εὑρέματος</w> <w lemma="ἐπί">ἐπὶ</w> τὸς <name type="title"><w lemma="ταμίας">ταμίας</w></name>
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_28" n="28"/> <w lemma="τρεῖς">τρεῖς</w>, τὰν μὲν <w lemma="πρότερος">πράταν</w> <w lemma="μείς">ἐμηνὶ</w> <name type="month"><w lemma="Ἄλσειος">Ἀλσείωι</w></name> τῶι <w lemma="ἐπί">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="ἀριστόβουλος">Ἀριστοβούλου</w>, τὰν δὲ
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_29" n="29"/> <w lemma="δεύτερος">δευτέραν</w> <w lemma="ἐν">ἐ<unclear>μ</unclear></w> <w lemma="μείς">μηνὶ</w> <name type="month"><w lemma="Γεράστιος">Γεραστίωι</w></name> τῶι <w lemma="μετά">μετὰ</w> <name type="title"><w lemma="μόναρχος">μόναρχον</w></name> <w lemma="ἀριστόβουλος">Ἀριστόβουλον</w> <w lemma="ὅς">ὅς</w>
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_30" n="30"/> <w lemma="κα">κα</w> <w lemma="γίγνομαι">γένηται</w> <w lemma="πρότερος">πρᾶτος</w>, τὰν δὲ <w lemma="τρίτος">τρίταν</w> <w lemma="ἐν">ἐμ</w> <w lemma="μείς">μηνὶ</w> <name type="month"><w lemma="Ἄλσειος">Ἀλσείωι</w></name> τῶι <w lemma="ἐπί">ἐπὶ</w> τοῦ <w lemma="αὐτός">αὐτοῦ</w>
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_31" n="31"/> <name type="title"><w lemma="μόναρχος">μονάρχου</w></name>· <w lemma="ὅς"><supplied reason="lost">ὅ</supplied></w> <w lemma="τις">τι</w> δέ <w lemma="κα">κα</w> <w lemma="μή">μὴ</w> <w lemma="ἀποδίδωμι">ἀποδῶι</w> <w lemma="ἐν">ἐν</w> τοῖς <w lemma="χρόνος">χρόνοις</w> τοῖς <w lemma="γράφω">γεγραμμένοις</w>
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_32" n="32"/> <w lemma="κατά">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="ὅδε">τάνδε</w> τὰν <name type="authority"><w lemma="διαγραφή">διαγραφάν</w></name>, <name type="punishment"><w lemma="ὀφείλω">ὀφειλέτωι</w></name> <w lemma="διπλάσιος">διπλάσιον</w> καὶ ἁ <w lemma="ἱερωσύνη">ἱερωσύνα</w> <w lemma="ἀναπωλέω">ἀνα
	    					
<lb xml:id="line_33" n="33" break="no"/>πωληθήτω</w> <w lemma="ὑπό">ὑπὸ</w> τῶν <name type="title"><w lemma="πωλητής">πωλητᾶν</w></name>· <w lemma="ὅπως">ὅπως</w> δὲ <w lemma="ἐπιφανής">ἐπιφανεστέρα</w> ἁ <w lemma="ἱερωσύνη">ἱερωσύνα</w> <w lemma="γίγνομαι">γέ
	    						
<lb xml:id="line_34" n="34" break="no"/>νηται</w> <w lemma="πρός">ποτ<unclear>ὶ</unclear></w> <w lemma="πᾶς"><unclear>π</unclear>άντα</w> <w lemma="κατασκευάζω">κατασκευασθέντων</w> <w lemma="αὐτός">αὐτᾶι</w> καὶ <name type="object"><w lemma="ἀργύρωμα">ἀργυρωμάτων</w></name> <w lemma="πρός">ποτὶ</w>
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_35" n="35"/> <unclear>τ</unclear>ὰς <name type="sacrifice"><w lemma="θυσία">θυσίας</w></name> τὰς <w lemma="γίγνομαι">γινομένας</w> καὶ ὁ <name type="group"><w lemma="δῆμος">δᾶμος</w></name> <w lemma="φαίνω">φαίνηται</w> <w lemma="προνοέω">προνοῶν</w> καὶ <w lemma="ἐν">ἐν</w> <w lemma="οὗτος">το<unclear>ύ</unclear> 
	    					
<lb xml:id="line_36" n="36" break="no"/> τοις</w> τᾶς <w lemma="πρός">ποτί</w> τε <w lemma="αὐτός">αὐτὰν</w> καὶ τὸς <name type="group"><w lemma="πολίτης">πολίτας</w></name> <w lemma="ὁμόνοια">ὁμονοίας</w>, τοὶ <name type="title"><w lemma="ταμίας">ταμίαι</w></name> <w lemma="ὑπολείπω">ὑπολιπόμ<supplied reason="lost">ε</supplied>
	    						
<lb xml:id="line_37" n="37" break="no"/> νοι</w> <w lemma="ἐν">ἐλ</w> <w lemma="λόγος">λόγωι</w> τὸ <w lemma="δέκατος">δέκατον</w> <w lemma="μέρος">μέρος</w> τοῦ <w lemma="εὕρημα">εὑρέματος</w> τᾶς <w lemma="ἱερωσύνη">ἱερωσύνας</w> <w lemma="καταχράομαι">καταχρήσ
	    							
<lb xml:id="line_38" n="38" break="no"/>θων</w> <w lemma="εἰς">ἐς</w> <w lemma="κατασκευή">κατασκευὰν</w> <name type="object"><w lemma="ἀργύρωμα">ἀργυρωμάτων</w></name> <w lemma="ὅς">ὧν</w> <w lemma="κα">κα</w> <w lemma="ἀπολογίζομαι">ἀπολογίξηται</w> ὁ <name type="title"><w lemma="ἀρχιτέκτων">ἀρχιτέκτων</w></name>,
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_39" n="39"/> <w lemma="πρός">ποθ᾿</w> ὃ καὶ <w lemma="ποιέω">ποιησάσθω</w> τὸν <w lemma="ἀπολογισμός">ἀπολογισμὸν</w> <w lemma="ἔσχατος">ἔσχατον</w> τοῦ <name type="month"><w lemma="Κάρνειος">Καρνείου</w></name> <w lemma="μείς">μηνὸς</w>
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_40" n="40"/> τοῦ <w lemma="ἐπί">ἐπὶ</w> Ἀριστοβούλου τᾶι <w lemma="δέκατος">δεκάται</w>· τοὶ δὲ <name type="title"><w lemma="προστάτης">προστάται</w></name> <w lemma="εἰσφέρω">ἐσενεγκάντω</w> τὸν 
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_41" n="41"/> <w lemma="ἀπολογισμός">ἀπολογισμὸν</w> <w lemma="εἰς">ἐς</w> μὲν τὰν <name type="group"><w lemma="βουλή">βουλὰν</w></name> τοῦ <w lemma="αὐτός">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="μείς">μηνὸς</w> τᾶι <w lemma="πεντεκαιδέκατος">πεντεκαιδεκά
	    					
<lb xml:id="line_42" n="42" break="no"/>ται</w>, <w lemma="εἰς">ἐς</w> δὲ τὰν <name type="group"><w lemma="ἐκκλησία">ἐκλησίαν</w></name> τοῦ <w lemma="αὐτός">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="μείς">μηνὸς</w> τᾶι <w lemma="ἑκκαιδέκατος">ἑκκαιδεκάται</w>· τὸ δὲ <w lemma="λοιπός">λοιπὸν</w>
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_43" n="43"/> <w lemma="ἀργύριον">ἀργύριον</w> τοὶ <name type="title"><w lemma="ταμίας">ταμίαι</w></name> <w lemma="καταχράομαι">καταχρήσθων</w> <w lemma="εἰς">εἰς</w> τὰ <w lemma="διατάσσω">διατεταγμένα</w>· τοὶ δὲ <w lemma="ἐν">ἐν</w> <w lemma="ἀρχή">ἀρχᾶι</w>
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_44" n="44"/> <w lemma="εἰμί">εὖντες</w> <name type="title"><w lemma="προστάτης">προστάται</w></name> <w lemma="ἐπιστάτης">ἐπιστάταν</w> <w lemma="αἱρέω">ἑλέσθων</w> τᾶι <w lemma="ἑκκαιδέκατος">ἐκκαιδεκάται</w> τοῦ <name type="month"><w lemma="Ἄλσειος">Ἀλσείου</w></name>
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_45" n="45"/> <w lemma="μείς">μηνὸς</w> <w lemma="ἐπί">ἐπὶ</w> τὰν <w lemma="κατασκευή">κατασκευὰν</w> τῶν <name type="object"><w lemma="ἀργύρωμα">ἀργυρωμάτων</w></name>, τοὶ δὲ <name type="title"><w lemma="ταμίας">ταμίαι</w></name> <w lemma="διαγράφω">διαγρα
	    					
<lb xml:id="line_46" n="46" break="no"/>ψάντω</w> <w lemma="αὐτός">αὐτῶι</w> τὸ <w lemma="ὑπολείπω">ὑπολειφθὲν</w> <w lemma="παρά">παρ᾿</w> <w lemma="αὐτός">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="δέκατος">δέκατον</w> τοῦ <w lemma="εὕρημα">εὑρέματος</w> <w lemma="ἀπό">ἀπὸ</w> τᾶς
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_47" n="47"/> <w lemma="ἱερωσύνη"><supplied reason="lost">ἱε</supplied>ρωσύνας</w>· <w lemma="ἐπεί">ἐπεὶ</w> δέ <w lemma="κα">κα</w> <w lemma="κατασκευάζω">κατασκευασθῆι</w> τὰ <w lemma="ἀπολογίζομαι">ἀπολογισθέντα</w> <w lemma="ὑπό">ὑπὸ</w> τοῦ <name type="title"><w lemma="ἀρχιτέκτων">ἀρχιτέ
	    					
<lb xml:id="line_48" n="48" break="no"/> <supplied reason="lost">κ</supplied>τονος</w></name> καὶ <w lemma="δοκιμάζω">δοκιμασθῆι</w> <w lemma="ὑπό">ὑπὸ</w> τοῦ <name type="title"><w lemma="δοκιμαστής">δοκιμαστᾶ</w></name> <w lemma="ἐπιγράφω">ἐπιγράψας</w> ὁ <name type="title"><w lemma="ἐπιστάτης">ἐπιστάτας</w></name> <w lemma="ἐπί">ἐπὶ</w> τῶν
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_49" n="49"/> <name type="object"><w lemma="ἀργύρωμα"><unclear>ἀ</unclear>ργυρωμάτων</w></name> "<name type="group"><w lemma="πόλις">πόλιος</w></name> <w lemma="ἐκ">ἐκ</w> <placeName type="ancientFindspot" key="Kos"><ref target="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599581"/><w lemma="Κῶς">Κῶ</w></placeName>· <name type="genericOffering"><w lemma="ἱερός">ἱερὰ</w></name> <name type="deity" key="Homonoia"><w lemma="ὁμόνοια">Ὁμονοίας</w></name>" καὶ τοῦ <name type="personnel"><w lemma="ἱερεύς">ἱερέως</w></name> <w lemma="πατρόθεν">πατρόθεν</w> τὸ
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_50" n="50"/> <w lemma="ὄνομα">ὄνομα</w> καὶ τὰν <w lemma="ὠνή">ὠνὰν</w> <w lemma="αὐτός">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="παραδίδωμι">παραδότω</w> τῶι <name type="personnel"><w lemma="ἱερεύς">ἱερεῖ</w></name> καὶ <w lemma="περί">περὶ</w> τᾶς <w lemma="ἀγόρασις">ἀγοράξιος</w> τοῦ
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_51" n="51"/> τε <w lemma="ἄσημος">ἀσάμου</w> καὶ τᾶς <w lemma="κατασκευή">κατασκευᾶς</w> <w lemma="αὐτός">αὐτῶν</w> καὶ <w lemma="παράδοσις">παραδόσιος</w> τῶι <name type="personnel"><w lemma="ἱερεύς">ἱερεῖ</w></name> καὶ <w lemma="περί">περὶ</w> τῶν <w lemma="λόγος">λό
	    					
<lb xml:id="line_52" n="52" break="no"/> γων</w> <w lemma="ὅς">ὧν</w> <w lemma="κα">κα</w> <w lemma="διαγράφω">διαγ<unclear>ρ</unclear>ά<unclear>φ</unclear>ηται</w>, <w lemma="λόγος">λόγον</w> <w lemma="καταβάλλω">καταβαλέσθω</w> <w lemma="εἰς">ἐς</w> τὰ <name type="group"><w lemma="δημόσιος">δαμόσια</w></name> <w lemma="γράφω">γράμματα</w>· <w lemma="κατά">κα
	    						
<lb xml:id="line_53" n="53" break="no"/> τὰ</w> <w lemma="αὐτός">ταὐτὰ</w> δὲ καὶ ὁ <name type="personnel"><w lemma="ἱερεύς">ἱερεὺς</w></name> <w lemma="λόγος">λόγον</w> <w lemma="καταβάλλω">καταβαλέσθω</w> <w lemma="περί">περὶ</w> τᾶς <w lemma="παράληψις">παραλάμψιος</w> <w lemma="αὐτός">αὐτῶ<unclear>ν</unclear></w>
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_54" n="54"/> καὶ <w lemma="εἰς">ἐς</w> τὸν <w lemma="μετά">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="οὗτος">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="χρόνος">χρόνον</w> <w lemma="ἀντιφωνέω">ἀντιφωνείτω</w> <w lemma="ἐν">ἐν</w> <name type="title"><w lemma="λογιστής">λογισταῖς</w></name> <w lemma="καθότι">καθότι</w> καὶ τὸς <w lemma="ἄλλος">ἄλλος</w>
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_55" n="55"/> <name type="personnel"><w lemma="ἱερεύς"><supplied reason="lost">ἱε</supplied><unclear>ρ</unclear>εῖς</w></name> <w lemma="γράφω">γέγραπται</w>· τοὶ <name type="title"><w lemma="πωλητής">πωληταὶ</w></name> <w lemma="ἀπομισθόω">ἀπομισθωσάντω</w> <w lemma="ἀναγράφω">ἀναγράψαι</w> <w lemma="ὅδε">τάνδε</w> τὰν <w lemma="διαγραφή">διαγραφὰν</w> 
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_56" n="56"/> <w lemma="εἰς"><supplied reason="lost">ἐ</supplied>ς</w> <objectType key="stele"><w lemma="στήλη">στάλαν</w></objectType> <w lemma="λίθινος">λιθίναν</w> καὶ <w lemma="ἀνατίθημι">ἀν<supplied reason="lost">αθέ</supplied>μεν</w> <w lemma="παρά">παρὰ</w> τὸν <name type="structure"><w lemma="βωμός">βωμὸν</w></name> τᾶς <name type="deity" key="Homonoia"><w lemma="ὁμόνοια">Ὁμονοίας</w></name>· <w lemma="πράσσω">πραθείσας</w> 
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_57" n="57"/> δὲ τᾶς <w lemma="ἱερωσύνη">ἱερωσύνας</w> ὁ <name type="title"><w lemma="κῆρυξ"><supplied reason="lost">κᾶρυξ</supplied></w></name> <name type="speechAct"><w lemma="κηρύσσω"><supplied reason="lost">καρυσσ</supplied><unclear>έ</unclear>τω</w></name> τοῦ τε <w lemma="ἀγοράζω">ἀγορακότος</w> τὸ <w lemma="ὄνομα">ὄνομα</w> <w lemma="παραχρῆμα">παραχρῆμα</w>
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_58" n="58"/> καὶ <w lemma="ὅσος">ὅσσου</w> <w lemma="κα">κα</w> <w lemma="ἀγοράζω">ἀγο<supplied reason="lost">ράξηι</supplied></w> τὰν <w lemma="ἱερωσύνη"><supplied reason="lost">ἱερωσύ</supplied><unclear>ν</unclear>αν</w>· τὸ δὲ <w lemma="γίγνομαι">γενόμενον</w> <w lemma="ἀνάλωμα">ἀνάλωμα</w> <w lemma="εἰς">ἔς</w> τε τὰν
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_59" n="59"/> <name type="sacrifice"><w lemma="θυσία">θυσίαν</w></name> τὰν <w lemma="ἐπί">ἐπὶ</w> τᾶ<supplied reason="lost">ι</supplied> <w lemma="πρᾶσις"><supplied reason="lost">πράσει</supplied></w> <supplied reason="lost">τᾶς</supplied> <w lemma="ἱερωσύνη"><supplied reason="lost">ἱερωσύν</supplied>ας̣</w> καὶ <w lemma="εἰς">ἐς</w> τὰν <w lemma="τελετή">τελετὰν</w> τοῦ <name type="personnel"><w lemma="ἱερεύς">ἱερέως</w></name> καὶ
	    				
<lb xml:id="line_60" n="60"/> τᾶς <name type="personnel"><w lemma="ἱέρεια">ἱερείας</w></name> κ<supplied reason="lost">αὶ</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">τὰν</supplied> <objectType key="stele"><w lemma="στήλη"><supplied reason="lost">στάλαν</supplied></w></objectType> <supplied reason="lost">καὶ</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">τὰ</supplied><unclear>ν</unclear> <w lemma="ἀναγραφή">ἀναγραφ<supplied reason="lost">ὰ</supplied>ν</w> τᾶς <w lemma="διαγραφή">διαγραφᾶς</w> <w lemma="καταβάλλω">κατα
	    					
<lb xml:id="line_61" n="61" break="no"/> βαλεῖ</w> ὁ <w lemma="πρίαμαι">πρ<supplied reason="lost">ιάμενος</supplied></w> <supplied reason="lost">τὰν</supplied> <w lemma="ἱερωσύνη"><supplied reason="lost">ἱερωσύναν</supplied></w> <w lemma="ἅμα"><supplied reason="lost">ἅμα</supplied></w> <supplied reason="lost">τᾶι</supplied> <w lemma="πρότερος"><supplied reason="lost">πρ</supplied>άται</w> <w lemma="καταβολή">καταβολᾶι</w>.
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<p> [...] of (the court of?) judges [...] worth not less than [...] drachmae. (5) The <foreign>prostatai</foreign> should assign them by lot to a tribe and deme [...] and <foreign>triakas</foreign>, if the priest confirms them that the sacrifice [has been accomplished]. If they have engaged in drawing lots without the priest's response, they should pay 1000 drachmae as a penalty to the wall-builder during the public examination of officials. The gymnasiarch and the <foreign>agonothetes</foreign> should also make a sacrifice, each of (10) them an adult sacrificial animal of 25 dr., when they are chosen. In the same way, the chosen <foreign>hierophylakes</foreign> should each sacrifice a sheep of 25 dr., the ones of the winter season on the 9th of Theudaisios, and those of the summer season on the 14th of Hyakinthios. In the same way all who have been chosen should make a sacrifice when they come into office, (15) for each table an adult sacrificial animal costing 25 dr. In the same way the <foreign>prostatai</foreign>, too, should sacrifice during the quinquennial Asklepieia a bovine of 250 dr. The priest in function at each time should place offerings on the altar for all those for whom it is prescribed to sacrifice to Homonoia according to this contract. If they do not sacrifice, (20) they should owe a penalty to the priest of 30 dr. per portion, and the recovery of the fine should be completed by the priest and another one of the people accomplishing the sacrifice as if on the basis of a judicial decision. But they should pay to the goddess a penalty of 50 dr., and the transaction should be completed by the priest on behalf of the goddess and another person who wants to and the money should be destined for the making of silverware. All the animals that are sacrificed (25) to Homonoia should be put to the test by the priest and the <foreign>exegetai</foreign> for the amount that the treasurers fix for the sacrifices. He who buys the priesthood shall pay the sum in three instalments to the treasurers, the first in the month Alseios under Aristoboulos, the second in the month Gerastios under the monarch directly succeeding Aristoboulos, (30) and the third in the month Alseios under the same monarch. For what he does not pay within the prescribed timeframe according to this contract, let him owe the double, and the priesthood should be put up for sale again by the <foreign>poletai</foreign>. So that the priesthood becomes more distinctive with respect to all its equipment and the silverware for (35) the sacrifices that take place and so that the people manifests itself as caring also in these respects for the concord between it (the priesthood) and the citizens, the treasurers, having deducted from the account a tenth part of the sum of the priesthood, should use it for making silverware for which the architect should make an estimation and for which he should draw up the record at the latest in the month of Karneios (40) on the 10th under Aristoboulos. The <foreign>prostatai</foreign> should introduce the account to the council in the same month on the 15th, to the Assembly on the 16th. The treasurers should use the rest of the money for what has been ordained. The <foreign>prostatai</foreign> who are in function should choose an epistates on the 16th of the month Alseios (45) for the making of the silverware, and the treasurers should pay to him the tenth part that they took from the sum of the priesthood. When the objects that have been estimated have been made by the architect and examined by the evaluator, the <foreign>epistates</foreign>, having inscribed upon the silverware "From the <foreign>polis</foreign> of Kos. Sacred to Homonoia", and the father's name of the priest, (50) should hand over the price of them to the priest and should write a record in the public archive concerning the buying of the silver and the making of the silverware and the transferral to the priest and the account (of the sums) for the payment for which he (the priest) has been contracted. In the same way, the priest should set down an official account concerning the receipt of these things. In the future, he should answer to the <foreign>logistai</foreign> as it is written with respect to the other priests. (55) The <foreign>poletai</foreign> should draw up the contract for the inscribing of this contract on a stone stele and its setting up beside the altar of Homonoia. When the priesthood has been sold the herald should immediately make a proclamation of the buyer's name and the price for which he bought the priesthood. The one who buys the priesthood should pay for the expenses incurred for the sacrifice of the sale of the priesthood and for the initiation of the priest and (60) the priestess, and for the stele and the inscribing of the contract when he makes the first payment.</p>
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<p> [...] du tribunal [...] d’au moins [...] drachmes. (5) [Que les] prostates leur attribuent par tirage au sort une tribu, un dème [...] et une <foreign>triakas</foreign>, si le prêtre leur confirme que le sacrifice [a été accompli]. S’ils ont procédé au tirage au sort sans la confirmation du [prêtre], qu’ils paient une amende de 1000 drachmes au constructeur de remparts lors de l'examen des magistrats. Que le gymnasiarque et l’agonothète sacrifient chacun (10) un animal adulte de 25 dr., lorsqu’ils sont élus. De la même manière, que les hiérophylaques élus sacrifient chacun un mouton de 25 dr., le 9 Theudaisios pour ceux qui sont en fonction au semestre d’hiver, le 14 Hyakinthios pour ceux qui le sont au semestre d’été. De la même manière, que tous ceux qui sont élus sacrifient à leur entrée en fonction (15) un animal adulte de 25 dr. par table. De la même manière, que les prostates sacrifient un bovin de 250 dr. aux Asklepieia pentétériques. Que le prêtre successivement en fonction dépose sur l'autel les offrandes pour tous ceux auxquels il est prescrit de sacrifier à Homonoia selon le présent contrat. S’ils n’accomplissent pas le sacrifice, (20) qu’ils soient redevables au prêtre d’une amende de 30 dr. par portion et que le prêtre et un autre des sacrifiants aient le droit de recouvrement comme en vertu d’une décision judiciaire. D’autre part, qu’ils paient à la déesse une amende de 50 dr., que le prêtre et un autre qui le souhaite aient le droit de recouvrement au nom de la déesse et qu’elle soit consacrée à la confection de vases en argent. Que tous les animaux sacrifiés (25) à Homonoia soient soumis à un examen par le prêtre et les exégètes, pour la somme que donnent les trésoriers pour les sacrifices. Que l’acheteur de la prêtrise fasse trois versements de la somme aux trésoriers, le premier au mois d’Alseios sous Aristoboulos, le deuxième au mois de Gerastios sous le monarque qui succédera directement à Aristoboulos, (30) le troisième au mois d’Alseios sous le même monarque. Ce qu’il n’aurait pas payé dans les temps prescrits par le présent contrat, qu’il en soit redevable du double et que la prêtrise soit à nouveau mise en vente par les polètes. Afin que la prêtrise devienne plus éclatante eu égard à tout ce qui a été préparé pour elle et particulièrement aux vases en argent pour (35) les sacrifices à accomplir, et afin que le peuple veille de manière évidente, également à cet égard, à la concorde entre elle (la prêtrise) et les citoyens, que les trésoriers, après avoir déduit dans les comptes le dixième du revenu de la prêtrise, l’utilisent pour la confection de vases en argent, dont l’architecte a produit une estimation et dont il réalise un devis au plus tard pour le 10 du mois de Karneios (40) sous Aristoboulos. Que les prostates proposent le devis au conseil le 15 du même mois, à l’assemblée le 16 du même mois. Que les trésoriers utilisent le reste de l’argent pour ce qui a été prescrit. Que les prostates en fonction élisent un épistate le 16 du mois d'Alseios (45) pour la confection des vases en argent et que les trésoriers lui versent le dixième qu’ils ont déduit du revenu de la prêtrise. Lorsque les objets dont l’architecte aura fait le devis auront été confectionnés et examinés par l'évaluateur, qu’après avoir fait graver sur les vases en argent « De la part de la cité de Kos. Consacrés à Homonoia », le nom du prêtre (50) et sa filiation, que l’épistate en donne la somme au prêtre et qu’il dépose dans les archives publiques le compte rendu de l’achat de l’argent, de la confection (des vases), de la reddition de comptes au prêtre et du bilan (des dépenses) pour lesquelles il (le prêtre) a été engagé. De la même manière, que le prêtre rende compte également de leur réception. À l’avenir, qu’il fasse la reddition des comptes devant les <foreign>logistai</foreign> comme il est prescrit aux autres prêtres. (55) Que les polètes mettent en adjudication l’inscription du présent contrat sur une stèle en pierre et son installation près de l’autel d’Homonoia. Une fois la prêtrise vendue, que le [héraut proclame] directement le nom de l’acheteur et le montant pour lequel il aura acheté [la prêtrise]. Que [l’acheteur de la prêtrise] paie la dépense pour le sacrifice de la [vente de la prêtrise], l’initiation du prêtre et (60) de la prêtresse, [la stèle et] l’inscription du contrat [en même temps que le premier] versement.</p>
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<p> This inscription regulates the sale of the priesthood of Homonoia. On this type of document, see <ref target="http://cgrn.ulg.ac.be/CGRN_147/">CGRN 147</ref>. The beginning of the text is lost, but the rest is quite well preserved. It is divided in four sections: 1. Sacrificial regulations (lines 1-25); 2. Instalments of the sale price (lines 25-32); 3. Offering of silver vessel (lines 32-54); 4. Various regulations concerning the sale and the expenses (lines 54-60).</p>
						
<p> A public cult of Homonoia, personification of Concord, is attested on Kos from the late 3rd century BC, as well as in the deme of Isthmos (see <bibl type="abbr" n="IG XII.4">IG XII.4</bibl> 280, line 4; Livadiotti - Rocco). While this cult has been particularly associated with the synoecism of the island in 366 BC (Sokolowski, Thériault), or with the homopoliteia between Kos and Kalymna that took place around 200 BC (Bosnakis - Hallof, p. 240-245; Livadiotti - Rocco, p. 383-384), the evidence suggests that the cult was performed on a regular basis, and not only activated in times of crisis. The sacrificial regulations in our text (lines 1-15) show that the cult was strongly oriented towards the <foreign>polis</foreign> institutions. More specifically, the goddess concerned herself with the entry into civic groups, either the body of citizens, or a board of magistrates. Evidently concord and harmony were essential to the proper functioning of these groups. On the cult of Homonoia in Kos, see more generally Paul.</p>

<p>Lines 1-8: New citizens were required to perform a sacrifice to Homonoia as a precondition to their <foreign>epiklerosis</foreign>, i.e. the allocation by lot of civic and territorial subdivisions (tribe, deme, <foreign>triakas</foreign>). Cp. <bibl type="abbr" n="IG XII.4">IG XII.4</bibl> 318, where a similar procedure existed for manumissions. New citizens were also required to offer a sacrifice to Heracles Kallinikos (see <ref target="http://cgrn.ulg.ac.be/CGRN_221/">CGRN 221</ref>, lines 35-39).</p>

<p> Lines 15 ff: These lines describe a significant offering to Homonoia (a bovine) in the context of the quadrennial festival of the Asklepieia. At line 15, the instruction to offer an adult animal "for each table" is somewhat enigmatic. Perhaps there were more than one τραπέζα? Or should each archon dedicate a table with offerings? </p>
						
<p> Lines 17-18: On the placing of the <foreign>hiera</foreign> on the altar, see <ref target="http://cgrn.ulg.ac.be/CGRN_147/">CGRN 147</ref>, lines 10-11.</p>

<p> Lines 19-20: Rather allusively, the fine (ἐπιτίμιον) of 30 dr. imposed on each <foreign>prostates</foreign> (among a board of five) who fails to sacrifice is said to be commensurate with "the portion". This probably implies that the fine is a form of compensation for what would normally be given to the priest, i.e. his perquisites from the sacrificial animals mentioned  in the previous lines (such as the bovine costing 250 dr.).</p>
						
<p> Lines 23-25: The priest and the <foreign>exegetai</foreign>, i.e. religious experts, were in charge of the <foreign>dokimasia</foreign>, which consisted in an examination of the sacrificial animals in order to check that they were suitable for the sacrifice, i.e. that they were flawless, and corresponded to the existing regulations, in terms of age, sex, colour, etc. See Feyel 2006 and 2009. In this case, the <foreign>dokimasia</foreign> seems to have specifically aimed at confirming that the value of the animals corresponded to the sum of money allocated by the <foreign>tamiai</foreign>.</p>

<p> Lines 32-54: Part of the income (a tenth) from the sale of the priesthood is consecrated to the production of silver vessel for the sacrifices (ἀργυρωμάτων ποτὶ τὰς θυσίας, lines 33-34), and for which the confection process is described in detail.</p>
						
<p> Lines 58-59: On the initiation of the priest or priestess, see <ref target="http://cgrn.ulg.ac.be/CGRN_175/">CGRN 175</ref> (Priene), line 36. The alternative may imply that the priesthood could be sold to a men or a woman, but the fact that the contract otherwise only mentions a “priest” rather suggests that the formula was copied as it was from a generic model.</p>
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