SEG 21.542 Sacrificial calendar from Teithras

Sacrificial calendar from Teithras

SEG 21.542 Date: 400-350 BC

Face A

. . . ^[1] 7 dr. . . . Boedromion on the fourth (?)^[2] . . . for Zeus . . . 17 dr. a sheep, male; 5 1 dr. 2 ob. priestly dues. On the twenty-seventh, 4 dr. for Athena, a - sheep; for Zeus, preliminary offerings, [- dr.] a suckling piglet; 10 [- dr.] priestly dues. . . .

Face B

. . . end of line uninscribed . . . . . . drachmas (?) 5 . . . -teen (?) end of line uninscribed a full-grown animal (male) end of line uninscribed a full-grown animal (female) 10 . . .

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References:

SEG 21.542 (Translated text) (PHI)

Sokolowski, LSS 132

CGRN 55 (CGRN)

Russo, Ripartizioni, D98

Translation by: Stephen Lambert, Feyo Schuddeboom

Images: Aleshire - (1)

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Sacrificial Calendar

Findspot: Pikermi (Teithras) (EM 13465)

Transliterations on No places

[1] This a fragment of a sacrificial calendar from the medium-small inland deme, Teithras, which sent 4 men to the Council in the fourth century (compare Thorikos with 5 councillors, OR 146, Erchia, to the south of Teithras, with 7, SEG 21.541, the demes of the Marathonian Tetrapolis with 22, SEG 50.168). The rites provided for on Face A fell in Boedromion, the third month of the year. They seem to be local, and no firm connection can be established with other rites attested centrally or in other demes. For further discussion see CGRN 55; for links to other Attic examples of this genre of inscription see IG I³ 232 with notes. On demes, see RO 46 with notes. [2] To the bibliography on this entry in CGRN add Lambert, ZPE 139 (2002), 81, raising the possibility of a connection between this rite and the Genesia on 5 Boedromion (cf. SEG 52.48A, F1), though it is not certain that the date here was 4 Boedromion rather than 14 Boedromion and Zeus is not otherwise connected with the Genesia.

Added: 3 Jan 2018
Updated: 17 Sep 2024
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