Cult provisions on an inscribed altar from the City Eleusinion
AIUK 4.1 (BM, Cult Provisions) no. 1 Date: ca. 510-470 BCFace A
. . . [1] . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . [a quarter of] olive oil . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . initiate (?)
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Fragment c (BM fragment)
15 . . . . . . of
barley . . . . . . half-
sixth . . . 20 . . . at the Proarktouria (?)
. . . . . . and
for the . . . . . . for the ox-slayer 25 . . . . . . : for Zeus
Polieus . . . . . . three
choinikes . . . 30 . . . [2]
. . . . . . five choinikes . . . . . . of barley meal . . . . . . a quarter (?) of wine . . . 35 . . . : For Kore or Kourotrophos . . . for the priestess . . . . . . a quarter (?) of wine . . . . . . pulse soup . . . . . . of barley meal . . . 40 . . . . . . five . . . . . . of barley . . . . . . for the tribe-kings
. . . covering (?) . . . 45 . . . . . . : For E- . . .
. . . . . . . . . initiate (?)
50 . . . : for Erechtheus
. . . of wine (?) . . . . . . . . .
. . . 55 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Face B
. . . seven half-sixths [of barley?], six-and-
60 a-half [choes] of wine . . . a sixth of -, eight cups of
honey, a half-chous of oil . . . a half-quarter of -, three quarters
of cheese, - of beans . . . three choinikes
65 [of white sesame?], three choinikes [of black?], . . . . . . two . . . . . . . . .
. . . a half-
70 quarter of - . . . . . . . . . of wine (?)
. . . initiate (?) . . . 75 . . . . . .
. . . . . . seven (?)
half-cups
80 . . . of barley meal
. . . . . .
. . . . . . 85 . . . . . .
. . . . . . spit
. . . 90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 . . . . . . barley meal . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 105 . . . . . . . . . . . . cups . . . . . . half cups . . . 110 One uninscribed line . . . . . . . . . . . . olive oil . . . 115 . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 120 . . . barley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 130 . . . two . . . . . . barley meal . . . . . . . . .
Face C
. . . 135 . . .
. . . . . . lentil cake (?) . . . . . . 140 . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 145 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 . . . herald (?)
. . .
. . . . . . . . . 155 . . . . . . . . . . . . half-sixth
. . . 160 . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 165 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 . . .
. . . . . . . . . three choinikes . . . One uninscribed line . . . half-sixth . . . 175 . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 180 . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 185 . . . . . .
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