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Athens. Athenian Regulation of Cean Ruddle Export

Description: two joining fragments of a bluish marble stele broken at the top and right side (dimensions: h:0.46 m w:0.345 m d:0.11 m )

Layout: non-stoichedon (63-73 letters a line, as restored, average 68)

Letters: Attic-Ionic, retaining old o for ου (see e.g. ll. 25-26, 37 Ἰολιητῶν)

Origin: the Acropolis of Athens, Koresia on Keos, Ioulis on Keos

Dating: between 363/2

Findspot: found on the Acropolis of Athens

Current location: now in the Epigraphical Museum of Athens (inv. EM 7570)

Reference Edition: J. Kirchner, IG II2 1128

Other Editions: A. Kirchhoff, CIA II 546; Böckh 1886, no. 18 (312-317); F. Hiller von Gaertringen, IG XII 5 1277; C. Michel, Recueil 401; M.N. Tod, GHI 162 (181-185); H. Bengtson, Staatsverträge 320 (295-298); Vélissaropoulos 1980, 344-345; Rhodes, Osborne, GHI 40; Lagogianni-Georgakarakou 2007, 46-49 (ed. A.P. Matthaiou)

Photographs: Lagogianni-Georgakarakou 2007, 46-49 (for the squeeze see www.csad.ox.ac.uk)

Bibliography: Ziebarth 1897, 612-613; Laqueur 1927, 37-39; Hasebroek 1928, 152-153; Accame 1941, 141; Wickersham, Verbrugghe 1973, no. 61; Austin, Vidal-Naquet 1982, no. 86 (287-289), ll. 9-24 only (Italian translation of M. Menghi, revised by B. Bravo); Cataldi 1979, 13-37; Vélissaropoulos 1980, 184-189, 210-211; MacDowell 1991, 187-198; SEG 42 231; Cherry, Davis, Mantzourani 1991, 299-303; Meijer, Van Nijf 1992, no. 47 (ll. 9-24 only); Photos-Jones 1997, 359-371; SEG 58 98; Migeotte 2003a, 153; Reed 2003, 47; Brun 2005, no. 72 (133-135); Low 2007, 87-89; Osborne 2010, 239-242 Rutishauser 2012, 192-194; Lytle 2013, 520-550; Carrara 2014, 295-316

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ε μέρη ὁ ἄγ[ων - - - ]
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5[Κ]αρθαιεῦσι [ἐ]ψ[η]φισ[. c. 17. καλέσαι δὲ τοὺς Ἀθηναίους εἰς τὸ]
πρυτανεῖον· [ὅ]πως δ’ ἂ[ν . c. 50. γ-]
έγραπται, ἐπ[ι]μεληθῆν[αι . c. 45. ὅτι]
ἂν δύνωνται ἀγαθὸν [ - - - ]
Θεογένης εἶπεν· δεδόχθαι τῆι βο[υλῆι καὶ τῶι δήμωι τῶι Κορησίων· περὶ ὧν λέγουσι οἱ παρ’ Ἀθη-]
10ναίων, εἶναι τῆς μίλτου τὴν ἐξ[αγωγὴν Ἀθήναζε . c. 30. κ-]
αθάπερ πρότερον ἦν· ὅπως δ’ ἂν κύρια ἦι [τ]ὰ ψηφίσματα [τὰ πρότερον γεγενημένα Ἀθηναίων κ-]
αὶ Κορησίων τὰ περὶ τῆς μίλτου, ἐξάγειν ἐμ πλοίωι ὧι [ἂν Ἀθηναῖοι ἀποδείξωσιν, ἐν ἄλλωι]
δὲ πλοίωι μηδενί, ναῦλλον δὲ τελεῖν ὀβολὸν τοῦ [ταλάντου ἑκάστου τοῖς ναυκλήροις το-]
[ὺ]ς ἐργαζομένους· ἐὰν δέ τις ἐν ἄλλωι πλοίωι ἐξάγ[ηι], [ἔνοχον εἶναι . c. 16.]
15[ἀ]ναγράψαι δὲ τόδε τὸ ψήφισμα ἐς στήληι λιθίνηι κα[ὶ καταθεῖναι . c. 15. τ-]
[ο]ῦ Ἀπόλλωνος καὶ τὸν νόμον καθάπερ πρότερον εἶχ[ε κύριον εἶναι· τὴν δὲ ἔνδειξιν εἶν-]
αι πρὸς τοὺς ἀστυνόμους, τοὺς δὲ ἀστυνόμους δοῦνα[ι τὴν ψῆφον περὶ αὐτῆς τριάκοντα ἡ-]
μερῶν εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον· τῶι δὲ φήναντι ἢ ἐνδείξαντ[ι . c. 18. τῶν ἡμι-]
σ[έ]ων· ἐὰν δὲ δοῦλος ἦι ὁ ἐνδείξας, ἐὰμ μὲν τῶν ἐξαγόν[των ἦι, ἐλεύθερος ἔστω καὶ τὰ τρι-]
20τ̣α μέρη ἔστω αὐτῶι, ἐὰν δὲ ἄλλου τινὸς ἦι, ἐλεύθερος ἔστ[ω καὶ . c. 17. εἶν-]
αι [δὲ] καὶ ἔφεσιν Ἀθήναζε καὶ τῶι φήναντι καὶ τῶι ἐνδεί[ξαντι· ἐὰν δέ τι ἄλλο ψηφίζωντα-]
ι Ἀθηναῖοι περὶ φυλακῆς τῆς μίλτου, κύρια εἶναι κατακομι[σθέντα τὰ ἐψηφισμένα· τε-]
λεῖν δὲ τὴμ πεντηκοστὴν τοῖς πεντηκοστολόγοις τοὺς ἐ[ργαζομένους· καλέσαι δὲ]
[κ]αὶ ἐπὶ ξένια εἰς τὸ πρυτανεῖον τοὺς Ἀθηναίους εἰς αὔριον. (vac. )
25[ἔδ]οξεν τῆι βουλῆι καὶ τῶι δήμωι τῶι Ἰολιητῶν· περὶ [ὧν οἱ παρ’ Ἀθηναίων λέγουσι δεδό-]
[χθ]αι τῆι βουλῆι καὶ τῶι δήμωι τῶι Ἰολιητῶν, εἶναι τὴ[ν ἐξαγωγὴν τῆς μίλτου Ἀθήναζ-]
ε̣, ἄλλοσε δὲ μηδαμῆι ἀπὸ τῆσδε τῆς ἡμέρας· ἐὰν δέ τι[ς ἄλλοσε ἐξάγηι, δημόσια εἶναι τ-]
ὸ πλοῖον καὶ τὰ χρήματα τὰ ἐν τῶι πλοίωι· τῶι δὲ φήν[αντι ἢ ἐνδείξαντι εἶναι τὰ ἡ-]
μίσεα· ἐὰν δὲ δοῦλος ἦι ὁ μηνύσας, ἐλεύθερος ἔσ[τω καὶ . c. 19. τῶν χρημ-]
30άτων μετέστω αὐτῶι· τὸν δὲ ἐξάγοντα ἐκ Κέω μίλτον ἐξ[άγειν ἐμ πλοίωι ὧι ἂν Ἀθηναῖοι ἀποδ-]
είξωσιν· ἐὰν δέ τις ἐν ἄλλωι ἐξάγηι πλοίωι, ἔνοχον [εἶναι . c. 14. ἐὰν δέ τι ἄλ-]
λο ψηφίζωνται Ἀθηναῖοι περὶ φυλακῆς τῆς μίλ[του . c. 21. κύρια εἶ-]
ναι ἃ ἂν Ἀθηναῖοι ψηφίζωνται· ἀτέλειαν δὲ εἶναι [. c. 29.]
ίου ἀπὸ τοῦ μηνὸς τοῦ Ἑρμαιῶνος· καλέσαι δὲ τοὺ[ς Ἀθηναίους ἐπὶ ξένια εἰς τὸ πρυτανεῖ-]
35ον· τὴν δὲ ἔνδειξιν εἶναι Ἀθήνησι μὲν πρὸς τοὺς [ἕνδεκα, ἐν Ἰουλίδι δὲ εἰσαγωγέας εἶν-]
αι τοὺς προστάτας· ὁπόσοι δ’ ἂν δόξωσιν ἐξάγειν [παρὰ τὸν νόμον, τῶν χρημάτων τὰ μὲν ἡ-]
μίσεα εἶναι τοῦ δήμου τοῦ Ἰολιητῶν, τὰ δ’ ἡμίσεα [τοῦ φήναντος. ἀναγράψαι δὲ τόδε τὸ ψ-]
ήφισμα τὴμ βουλὴν καὶ καταθεῖν[α]ι ἐν τῶι λιμ[ένι].
οἵδε ἡιρέθησαν· Ἄνδρων ἐκ Κεραμέων, Λυσια[. c. 34.]
40Φλυεύς, Εὐφρόσυνος Παιανιεύς. (vac. )

Apparatus criticus: ll. 19-20: [τὰ τρί]|τ̣α Osborne (cf. D.M. Lewis, Selected Papers, Cambridge 1997, 172 n. 67).

Translation:
[ - - - ] exporting [ - - - ] parts the prosecutor (?) [ - - - ] the Karthaeans have decreed (?) [ - - - summon the Athenian to hospitality at the] prytaneion. In order that [ - - - ] has been written [ - - - ] are to take care [ - - - whatever] good they can [ὅτι] ἂν δύνωνται ἀγαθὸν) [ - - - ]
Theogenes proposed: be it resolved by the council [and people of the Koresians: with regard to what those from the] Athenians [say], the ex[port] of ruddle (τῆς μίλτου τὴν ἐξ[αγωγὴν]) shall be [to Athens - - - ] as it was previously ([κ]αθάπερ πρότερον ἦν). And so that (ὅπως) the decrees [that were made previously by the Athenians] and Koresians about ruddle ([τ]ὰ ψηφίσματα [τὰ πρότερον γεγενημένα Ἀθηναίων κ]αὶ Κορησίων τὰ περὶ τῆς μίλτου) shall be valid (κύρια), it is to be exported in a vessel (ἐξάγειν ἐμ πλοίωι) that [the Athenians single out] and in no [other] vessel (ὧι [ἂν Ἀθηναῖοι ἀποδείξωσιν, ἐν ἄλλωι] δὲ πλοίωι μηδενί), and those who work it ([τοὺ]ς ἐργαζομένους) are to pay [to the shipowners] as a shipping-charge a fee of one obol [per talent] (ναῦλλον ... τελεῖν ὀβολὸν τοῦ [ταλάντου ἑκάστου τοῖς ναυκλήροις]). If anyone exports it in another vessel (ἐὰν δέ τις ἐν ἄλλωι πλοίωι ἐξάγ[ηι]), [he is to be liable - - - ]. Write up this decree on a stone stele and [ - - - ] of Apollo, and the law [shall be valid] as it was previously (καὶ τὸν νόμον καθάπερ πρότερον εἶχ[ε κύριον εἶναι]) [ - - - The indictment is to be] to the astynomoi ([τὴν δὲ ἔνδειξιν εἶν]αι πρὸς τοὺς ἀστυνόμους), and the astynomoi are to give [the vote about it] to the court [within thirty] days (τοὺς δὲ ἀστυνόμους δοῦνα[ι τὴν ψῆφον περὶ αὐτῆς τριάκοντα ἡ]μερῶν εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον). To the man who makes the denunciation (φήναντι) or indictment (ἐνδείξαντ[ι]) [ - - - ] of the halves. If who brings the indictment is a slave (ἐὰν δὲ δοῦλος ἦι ὁ ἐνδείξας), if [he is slave] of the exporters (ἐὰμ μὲν τῶν ἐξαγόν[των ἦι]), let him [be free and] receive a [third]; if he is of someone else (ἐὰν δὲ ἄλλου τινὸς ἦι), let him be free [and - - - ] Whoever makes the denunciation or indictment is also to have right of appeal to Athens ([εἶν]αι [δὲ] καὶ ἔφεσιν Ἀθήναζε καὶ τῶι φήναντι καὶ τῶι ἐνδεί[ξαντι]). [If] the Athenians [pass any other decree] about the security of the ruddle (ἐὰν δέ τι ἄλλο ψηφίζωνται Ἀθηναῖοι περὶ φυλακῆς τῆς μίλτου), [the decree] is to be valid once received (κύρια εἶναι κατακομι[σθέντα τὰ ἐψηφισμένα]). The [producers] are to pay the fiftieth tax to the collectors of the fiftieth tax ([τε]λεῖν δὲ τὴμ πεντηκοστὴν τοῖς πεντηκοστολόγοις τοὺς ἐ[ργαζομένους]). Also [invite] the Athenians to hospitality (ἐπὶ ξένια) at the prytaneion tomorrow.
Be it resolved by the council and people of the Iulietans: with regard to [what those from the Athenians say, it has been resolved] by the council and people of the Iulietans that the [export of ruddle] shall be [to Athens] and nowhere else (ἄλλοσε δὲ μηδαμῆι) from this day (ἀπὸ τῆσδε τῆς ἡμέρας). If [there is any export elsewhere] (ἐὰν δέ τι[ς ἄλλοσε ἐξάγηι]), the vessel and the property in the vessel [are to be public] ([δημόσια εἶναι τ]ὸ πλοῖον καὶ τὰ χρήματα τὰ ἐν τῶι πλοίωι). Half to go to the person who makes the denunciation [or indictment] (τῶι δὲ φήν[αντι ἢ ἐνδείξαντι εἶναι τὰ ἡ]μίσεα). If the informant is a slave (ἐὰν δὲ δοῦλος ἦι ὁ μηνύσας), let him be free [and - - - ] have a [ - - - ] share of the [money] ([τῶν χρημ]άτων μετέστω αὐτῶι). Whoever exports ruddle from Keos (τὸν ... ἐξάγοντα ἐκ Κέω μίλτον) is to ex[port in a vessel that the Athenians] single out. If anyone exports in any other vessel, he [is to be] liable (ἔνοχον) [ - - - ] If the Athenians pass any other decree about the security of the ruddle [ - - - ] what the Athenians decree (ἃ ἂν Ἀθηναῖοι ψηφίζωνται) [is to be valid]. There is to be exemption from taxes (ἀτέλειαν) [ - - - ] from the month Hermaion. Invite the [Athenian to hospitality in the prytaneion]. Indictment at Athens is to be to the [Eleven] (τὴν δὲ ἔνδειξιν εἶναι Ἀθήνησι μὲν πρὸς τοὺς [ἕνδεκα]), [in Iulis those responsible for introducing the case are to be] the prostatai ([ἐν Ἰουλίδι δὲ εἰσαγωγέας εἶν]αι τοὺς προστάτας). All who are adjudged to be exporting [contrary to the law] (ὁπόσοι δ’ ἂν δόξωσιν ἐξάγειν [παρὰ τὸν νόμον]), half [their property] is to belong to the people of the Iulietans ([τῶν χρημάτων τὰ μὲν ἡ]μίσεα εἶναι τοῦ δήμου τοῦ Ἰολιητῶν) and half [to the person making the denunciation] (τὰ δ’ ἡμίσεα [τοῦ φήναντος]). The council [is to write up this] decree and place it at the harbour.
The following were chosen: Andron from Kerameis, Lysia[ - - - ] from Phlya, Euphrosynos from Paeania.

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GEI028

Athens. Athenian Regulation of Cean Ruddle Export