An Athenian Decree IG I3.36 (Ca.

424/3 BC)

Look carefully at the letters. Which ones can you make out? Can you make out any words?

KALLIAS (the name of the proposer) is in line 4, starting at the 12th letter
 Translation:

Resolved by the Boule and the Pe

ople, Aigeis held the Prytany, Neok
leides was Secretary, Hagnode
mos presided, Kallias made the motion. To t
he Priestess of Athena Ni
ke [[v]]. The fifty drachmas
which have bee written down on the stele
shall be paid by the Kolakretai
who hold office in Thargel
ion to the Priestess of A/thena Nike [- 8-]

This is an unusual inscription. The first six lines are in Attic lettering; the next four are in the Ionic. It is from Athens.

This decree makes provision for for payment of an annual salary of 50 dr to the priestess of Athena Nike by the kolakretai (Athenian financial officials). It was
proposed by Kallias. It is now located in the Epigraphical Museum in Athens (EM8116).

The image comes from the Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies at

http://epigraphy.osu.edu/resources/attic/IG.I-3/IG_I3_36.JPG