Dedication by market inspector of official list of meat prices (Piraeus)
IG II3 4 214 Date: face A: 50-1 BC; face B: ca. 25 BCFace A (left)
. . . [1] . . . [pork] for two [feet]: 1 chalkous
for [tripe]: 1 obol, 4 chalkoi
for womb, per mina: 2 obols, 4 chalkoi
(5) for liver, per mina: same price as
meat (isokreōs) for lung, per mina:
half the price (of meat) for bones of the
(10) head: a third (of the price for meat) for brain: 3 chalkoi
goat
for four feet:
3 chalkoi
(15) for head: 1 obol, 2 chalkoi
for brain: 3 chalkoi
for womb, per mina: 1 obol, 6 chalkoi
for udder, per mina:
same price as meat
(20) for liver, per mina:
same price as meat
for lung,
per mina: half the price (of meat) beef, for a foot: 1 obol
(25) for liver and spleen,
per mina: same price as meat
for lung, per mina:
half the price (of meat) for brain: 3 chalkoi
(30) for all intestines, per mina: . . . and a quarter . . .
Face B (front)
In the archonship
of Pammenes,[2] Aischylos son of Aischylos of Hermos,
having served as market inspector (agoranomēsas),[3] dedicated the stones[4] (5) and the stand for the scales
in accordance with the order
of the board (?) (tōn kuklōi) according to the law[5] pork
for two feet: 7 chalkoi
(10) for tripe: 1 obol, 7 chalkoi
for womb, per mina: 2 obols, 6 chalkoi
for liver, per mina: same price as meat
for lung, per mina: half the price (of meat) for bones of the head: a third (of the price for meat) (15) for brain: [.] chalkoi
goat or sheep
for four feet: 4 chalkoi
for brain: 3 chalkoi; for head: 2 obols 3 chalkoi
for womb, per mina: . . . (20) for liver, per mina: same price as meat
for udder, per mina: same price as meat
for lung, per mina: half the price (of meat) beef, for a foot . . . for liver and spleen, per mina: same price as meat
(25) for lung, per mina: half the price (of meat) for brain . . . [for all intestines, per mina:] . . . [and a quarter] . . .