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[[Category:Chatsworth House]]

'''Modern Publication(s):''' Boschung et al. 134 (unpublished)

'''Brief description:''' Fragment of an inscribed ''stele''.


== 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