Athens (Attica, Asia Minor — Pleiades map), 330-310 BCE
IG II² 1553, 1556, 1557, 1558, 1559, 1566, 1568, 1569, 1570, 1571, 1572; SEG 25 (1971), no. 178 (portions of each)
= E.A. Meyer, Metics and the Athenian Phialai-Inscriptions: A Study in Athenian Epigraphy and Law (Historia Einzelschriften, 208; Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2009), 81-144 (new edition of all the phialai inscriptions)
= PHI 3771
= AGRW ID# 22735
Copenhagen Inventory info: 1554
There are two main scholarly views regarding the background of this, one long-standing and the other new (Meyer). While the majority of scholars view these inscriptions within the context of the manumission of slaves who, in a faux trial, were set free, Meyer (2009) proposes a novel theory that places these inventory lists within the context of resident immigrants (metics). In Meyer's view, these were dedicated as a tithe by unsuccessful prosecutors (often tax collectors) who had charged a metic for not having a citizen sponsor or for not paying the metic tax. Either way, groups of contributors are sometimes clearly involved as prosecutors (either former masters or tax-collectors). For further information on these inscriptions, see the Tholos website: http://www.tholos.org/phialai/.
1553, lines 7-10: Persis living in Place . . . escaped . . . Name from Rhamnous subdivision and the association (koinon) of contributors (eranistai): bowl weighing 100.
1553, lines 20-23: Synete living in Keiriadai subdivision escaped Nikodemos from Leukonoion subdivision and the association (koinon) of contributors (eranistai): bowl weighing 100.
1556, lines 26-29: . . . and the association of contributors. . . Name, seamstress (akestria), living in Keiriadai subdivision: bowl 100.
1557, lines 105-107: Lysichares . . . and the association of contributors . . .
1558, lines 37-43: Nikias, frankincence-dealer (lebanōtopolēs), living in Peiraeus escaped Philokrates son of Epikrates from Eleusis and the association of contributors who are with Theophrastos son of Bathyllos from Cholargos subdivision: bowl weighing. . . 100.
1559, lines 26-31: Bion living in Melite subdivision, engraver of gems (daktylioglyphos), escaped Chairippos son of Chairedemos of Halai subdivision and the association of contributors who are with Chairippos from Halai: bowl weighing 100.
1566, lines 26a-29: . . . Name son of Demostratos from Paiania subdivision. . . and the association of contributors (?) . . . living in Kolonai: bowl weighing 100.
1568, lines 18-23 (two related entries): . . . Chairippos son of Chairippos and (?) . . . the association of contributors: . . . bowl worth 100 (?). Sostratos, leather-cutter (skytotomos) (?), . . . living in Place escaped (?) . . . Chairippos son of Chairippos and (?) . . . the association of contributors: bowl weighing 100.
1569, lines 18-21: . . . Name living in Skambonidai subdivision and the association of contributors: bowl weighing 100.
1570, lines 24-26: . . . Slave-name, caulking-dealer (stuppeiopōlēs), living in Peiraeus escaped . . . Name son of Oinobios from Athmonon subdivision and the association . . . of contributors: bowl weighing 100.
1570, lines 57-63 (two entries): Slave-name. . . escaped Name. . . and the association of contributors: bowl worth 100. . . . Slave-name escaped Name and the association (?) . . . of contributors: bowl weighing 100.
1570, lines 82-84: Glaukias living in Hephaistiadai subdivision . . . escaped (?) . . . Euthydemos son of Name . . . and the association (?) . . . of contributors: bowl . . . weighing 100 (?).
1571, lines 8-10: . . . Slave-name living in Melite subdivision escaped . . . Name son of Sosistratos from Oathen . . . and the association (?) . . . of contributors: bowl weighing 100.
1572, lines 8-11: . . . Slave-name, caulking-dealer (stuppeiopōlēs), living in Place. . . escaped Name son of Dionysios (?) . . . and the association . . . of contributors (?): . . . bowl weighing 100.
SEG 25 (1971), no. 178, lines 4-10: Elpis, flute-player (aulētria), living in Melite subdivision. . . escaped (?) . . . Leippos . . . living (i.e. not a citizen) in Melite subdivision . . . and the association (?) . . . of contributors . . . who are with Name . . . : bowl . . . weighing 100 (?).
Translation by: Harland{entry in column 1, lines 7-10} Περσ|[ὶς? ἐν — — δ]ῶν οἰκοῦσα ἀποφυγοῦ|[σα — — —]α Ῥαμνούσιον καὶ κοινὸ||[ν ἐρανι, φ]ιάλη, σταθμὸν Η·
{entry in column 1, lines 20-23} Σ|υνέτη ἐν Κειριαδῶν οἰκοῦσα ἀπ̣οφ<υ>|[γ]οῦσα Νικό<δ>ημον Λευκονοέα καὶ κοι|[ν]ὸν ἐρανιστῶν, φιάλη, σταθμὸν Η·
{1556}
{entry in lines 26-29} Κ․․ca.6․․․να [— —] | [κ]αὶ κοινὸν ἐ[ρα]νι[στῶν — —] | [ἀ]κέστριαν ἐν Κειρι [οἰκοῦσαν, φιά]|λη ∶Η·
{1557}
{entry in lines 105-107} Λυσιχάρη[ς — —] |καὶ κοινὸν ἐ[ρανιστῶν — — ἐν — —] | οἰκ[—]
{1558}
{entry in lines 37-43} Νικίας λιβανωτο ἐμ [Π]|ει οἰκ[ῶ]ν ἀποφυγὼν vac. | Φιλοκράτη vac. Ἐπικράτο || Ἐλευσί καὶ κοινὸ ἐρα|νιστῶν τῶμ μετὰ Θεοφ|ράστου Βαθύλλου Χολ|αργέως, φιάλ σταθμὸ [∶Η]·
{1559}
{entry in lines 26-31} Βίων ἐμ Μελ οἰκῶ δακ|τυλιογλύ ἀποφυγὼν | Χαίριππον Χαιρεδή|μου Ἁλαιέ καὶ κοι ἐρ||ανι τῶν μετὰ Χαιρίπ|πο Ἁλαιέ, φιάλ σταθ ∶Η·
{1566}
{entry in lines 26a-29} [— — —] | [— — Δ]ημοστράτου Παια | [καὶ κοινὸν ἐρα]νις Περιθείδην | [— — ἐ]ν Κολ οἰκο, φιά ∶Η·
{1568}
{two entries in lines 18-23} ․ca.6․․ος ∶ σ[κυτοτό? ἐν — — οἰκ ἀποφυγ] | [Χα]ί̣ρ̣ι̣ππον Χα[ιρί — — — — — καὶ] || κοινὸν ∶ ἐρανισ[τῶν, φιά στα ∶Η]· | [Σ]ώστρατος ∶ σκ[υτοτό ἐν — — — οἰκ ἀποφυγ] | [Χ]αίριππον Χαιρι[— — καί] | κοινὸν ∶ ἐρανιστ[ῶν, φιά στα ∶Η]·
{1569}
{entry in lines 18-21} [— — ἐν Σκαμβω]|νι[δ]ῶν οἰκοῦ[ντα καὶ κοι]||νὸν ἐρανιστῶν, | φιάλη〚ν〛 σταθμὸν [Η]·
{1570}
{entry in lines 24-26} [— — στυππ]ειοπώλης ἐμ Πειρ οἰκ ∶ ἀπο||[φυγὼν — —]έα Οἰνοβίου Ἀθμονό ∶ καὶ κοι|[νὸν ἐρανιστῶ]ν, φιάλη σταθμὸ ∶Η·
{two entries in lines 57-63} [— — ἀ]ποφυγὼν Καλ[—] | [— — καὶ] κοιν ἐρα|[νιστῶν, φιάλη σταθμ ∶Η]· || [— — ἀποφυγ —] Παυ[— — καὶ κοιν ἐρ]ανι|στῶν, φιάλη σταθμ ∶Η]·
{entry in lines 82-84} Γλαυκίας ἐν Ἡφ[αιστιαδῶν οἰκ ἀποφυγὼν] | Εὐθύδημον Εὐθυ[— — καὶ κοινὸν ἐ]|ρανιστῶν, φιά[λη σταθμὸν ∶Η]·
{1571}
{entry in lines 8-10} [— — ἐ]μ Μελίτει οἰκῶν ἀποφυγὼν | [— στ]ρατον Σωσιστράτου Ὤαθεν || [καὶ κοινὸ]ν ἐρανιστῶν, φιάλη στα[θμ ∶Η]·
{1572}
{entry in lines 8-11} [— — στυππ]ειο[πώ]λ̣η̣? ἐμ [— — οἰκ] | [ἀποφυγὼν — —]έ[α] Διον[υσί]ο[υ?] || [— —] τ[ι]ον καὶ κο[ινὸν ἐ]|[ρανιστ]ῶν· φιάαη στ[αθμὸν ∶Η]·
{SEG 25 [1971], no. 178}
{entry in lines 4-10} [Ἐ]λπὶς ἐμ̣ Μ̣[ε]λί̣ [οἰκοῦ] || [α]ὐλήτρια̣ [ἀποφυγοῦ]|σ Λέϊππο[ν ․․․ca.8․․․․] | ἐμ Μελί ο[ἰκ καὶ κοιν] | ὸ̣ ἐρανι [τῶν μετὰ ․․․] | ωντοκ․․․․ca. 11․․․․․ || φιά[λ]η [σταθμόν ∶ Η·]
Item added: February 16, 2016
Item modified: February 5, 2020
ID number: 22735
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