Deme decree relating to cult at Paiania
AIO 1320 Date: 450-425 BCFace A
. . . . . . if anyone does
[any of these things], let him pay
. . . to the deme
(5) . . . the priestess shall
provide; for the Skira and
Heph[aistia?]: roasting meat; for the
Antheia and Proerosia: spits,
a bronze pot; the religious officials
(10) and whoever they require
shall carry rods. It is not permitted
to put these stipulations to the vote again
unless one hundred demesmen
are present.
(15) Here, a piglet; to the Eleusinion,
for Daira, a female lamb,
leader of the Proerosia (preroarchos); to the Eleusinion,
for the Proerosia, a full-grown
female animal, a male piglet; priestly
(20) perquisites (apometra), a quart (tetarteus);[1] here, half a quart of barley
for the Proerosia, two pigs,
one male and one female;
priestly perquisites, a quart; here,
(25) half a quart;
to the Eleusinion, for the Chloia,
two piglets, one male and one female;
priestly perquisites, 3 obols.
For the Antheia, a select sow,
(30) pregnant, a piglet, male;
priestly perquisites, a quart;
here, half a quart.
. . . [2] . . . (35) [[female]] . . . . . .
Face B
. . . priestly perquisites, [a quart];
here, half a quart;
barley for the Proerosia,
(5) two pigs, one female and one male;
priestly perquisites, a quart;
here, half a quart;
. . . to
the Eleusinion . . . (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . priestly perquisites, three
. . . (15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (20) priestly perquisites . . . . . . full-grown,
12 dr.; priestly dues (hiereosuna) [4 dr.?];
. . . a full-grown
female animal, [a piglet?]; priestly perquisites,
(25) a quart; here, half a
quart . . . . . . piglet
. . . [priestly perquisites],
a quart; here, half a quart;
(30) to the Eleusinion,
for the Chloia, two piglets, one female, one male;
priestly perquisites, 3 obols.
For the priestess of Hekate, from whatever
sacrifices are made to Hekate shall be given
(35) a thigh, a flank; whoever (the priestess)
nominates as temple attendant shall leave behind
pea soup and cup(s?) of gruel (?) . . . . . .