IEleus 135 Decree from Eleusis on religious matters

Decree from Eleusis on religious matters

I Eleusis 135 Date: End-4th cent. or early-3rd cent. BC

. . . . . . wife of (?) . . . die . . . let them depart from the . . . (5) the supervisors . . . - son of Kallias of Sypalettos . . . . . . to the god . . . of the officials . . . [each] of them [shall owe] a thousand drachmas [sacred to the god] (10) and . . . . . . sacred to the [god?] . . . festival assembly . . . of Eleusi- . . . (15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (20) . . . . . . ^[1]

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I Eleusis 135 (Translated text) (PHI)

Translation by: Stephen Lambert

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Decree (Council/People?)

Findspot: Eleusis (Eleusis Museum E 533)

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[1] The "supervisors" (epistatai, l. 5) were public officials with responsibilities for the administration of the sanctuary at Eleusis in the fifth cent. BC and in modified form for a further period from 363/2? (cf. Clinton vol. II, p. 113, cf. p. 3 "after the fourth century we have no certain attestation of the epistatai"). The reference to them here suggests that this may be an Assembly decree (Clinton). The subject matter is intriguing. Perhaps the reference to death (l. 3) is in the context of ensuring the ritual purity of the sacred precincts, unless it is mentioned in relation to succession to priesthoods.

Added: 15 Mar 2022
Updated: 15 Mar 2022
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