AIUK42 no. 6 Decree about building a temple

Decree about building a temple

AIUK 4.2 (BM, Decrees of Council and Assembly) no. 6 Date: ca. 450-403 BC

The Council and People decided. [- was the prytany. -] was secretary. Smikytho[s was chairman. – proposed:] . . . (5) architect of the temple . . . architect . . . Athenian(s) contract or payment . . . associated or settled or organised (?) . . . the architect . . . (10) the cutting (?) and the . . . of the work(s), but such as are . . . as –ly and finely as possible . . . . . . ^[1]

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References:

AIUK 4.2 (BM, Decrees of Council and Assembly) no. 6 (Translated text) (AIO) (AIUK)

IG I³ 132 (IG Online) (PHI)

SEG 10.71

GIBM I 7

Translation by: Stephen Lambert

AIO Images: 1

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Decree

Findspot: Athens (BM 1816,0610.273)

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[1] This tantalising decree fragment from the second half of the fifth century BC is among the inscriptions collected in Athens by Lord Elgin (cf. AIUK 4.1, no. 2). In it the Assembly made arrangements for work on a temple, possibly one already under construction, but there is not enough evidence to pin down the date more closely or to identify which temple is at issue. Possible candidates include the temple of Athena Nike (cf. IG I³ 35), the Hephaisteion (cf. IG I³ 82) or the Erechtheion, either at the start of work on it (shortly before the Peloponnesian War?), or its resumption in 409/8 BC (cf. IG I³ 474, l. 5). For more detailed discussion of the decree see AIUK 4.2, no. 6.

Added: 27 Jan 2020
Updated: 27 Jan 2020
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