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Acharnai. Horos concerning a pupillary apotimema

Description: slab of marble, somewhat broken on the left side (dimensions: h:0.79 m w:0.46 m d:0.18 m )

Layout: non stoichedon

Letters: Attic letters

Origin: Athens, deme of Acharnai

Dating: 302/1 BC (archontal date)

Findspot: deme of Acharnai, Attica

Current location: Athens ?

Reference Edition: Finley 1952, 51 ff., no. 116

Other Editions: J. Kirchner, IG II2 2657; W. Dittenberger, Syll.3 1186; C. Michel, Recueil 1365; R. Dareste, B. Haussoullier, T. Reinach, RIJG I viii 5

Bibliography: Fine 1951, 44 ff.; Millett 1982, 222; Harris 1993, 74 f.

[ἐ]πὶ Νικοκλέου-
ς ἄρχοντος ὅρο-
[ς] χωρίων καὶ οἰ-
[κ]ίας καὶ τοῦ ὕδα-
5[τ]ος τοῦ προσόν-
[τ]ος τοῖς χωρίοι-
[ς κ]λήρων δυεῖν
[ἀπ]οτετιμημέν-
[ων π]αισὶν ὀρφα-
10[νοῖ]ς τοῖς Χαρί-
[ου ἰ]σοτελοῦς Χ-
[αιρ]ίππωι καὶ Χ-
[αρί]αι. (vac. )

Fine, J.V.A. (1951), Horoi. Studies in Mortgage, Real Security, and Land Tenure in Ancient Athens, Princeton
Finley, M.I. (1952), Studies in Land and Credit in Ancient Athens, 500-200 B.C. The Horos-Inscriptions, New Brunswick (New Jersey)
Harris, E.M. (1993), ‘Apotimema. Athenian Terminology for Real Security in Leases and Dowry Agreements’, CQ 43, 73-95 (now in Harris 2006, 207-240)
Harris, E.M. (2006), Democracy and the rule of law in classical Athens: essays on law, society, and politics, Cambridge
Millett, P. (1982), ‘The Attic Horoi reconsidered in the Light of Recent Discoveries’, Opus 1.2, 219-249

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Acharnai. Horos concerning a pupillary apotimema