Boschung et al., 134: Fragment of a decree
Modern Publication(s): Boschung et al. 134 (unpublished)
Brief description: Fragment of an inscribed stele.
Contents
Attributes
Inscription Type: Probably a fragment of a decree, based on the use of κατὰ τὰς συμβολάς ‘in accordance with the contracts’ in ll.1-3 (twice), and from the συνθήκη ‘agreement’ or ‘treaty’ that is mentioned in l.3. (Boschung et al.)
Object Type: Fragment of a stele
Material: Fine-grained marble
Original Location: Possibly Athens, based on the type of document, but also potentially of unknown origin. (Boschung et al.)
Provenance: Not known.
Date: 4th - 3rd c. BC, based on the type of document. (Boschung et al.)
Dimensions: H. 0.094 m; B. 0.123 m; D. 0.014 m.
Layout: Stoichedon.
Writing: Inscribed. The letters are not too carefully executed. (Boschung et al.)
Condition: Only a piece of one edge remains. Otherwise broken on all sides. (Boschung et al.)
Decoration: None.
Collection
Location: Chatsworth: West Lodge (Museum). Could not be found in 1990. (Boschung et al.)
Collector(s): Not known.
Date collected: Not known.
Accession or catalogue number: Not known.
Bibliography
D. Boschung, H. von Hesberg, A. Linfert, Monumenta Artis Romanae XXII: Die antiken Skulpturen in Chatsworth sowie in Dunham Massey und Withington Hall (Mainz 1997), no. 134.
Image(s)
Boschung et al., Plate 97.3
