Agora Publication: Agora XIX
Title:   Inscriptions: Horoi, Poletai Records, Leases of Public Lands
Author:   Lalonde, G.V.
    Langdon, M. K.
    Walbank, M. B.
Abstract:   The three types of inscription from the Athenian Agora presented in this volume are all concerned with important civic matters. Part I, by Gerald V. Lalonde, includes all the horoi found in the excavations; most of them had been brought into the area for reuse at a later period. An introductory essay discusses the various purposes the horoi served, whether as markers of actual boundaries or private records of security for debt. The various types are illustrated in photographs. In Part II Merle K. Langdon publishes all the known records of the Athenian poletai, a board of magistrates charged with letting contracts for public works, leasing the state-owned silver mines and the privilege of collecting taxes, and leasing or selling confiscated property. The catalogue is preceded by an account of the nature of these transactions and the history of the poletai. Part III, by Michael B. Walbank, presents the records of leases for public and sacred lands, which once stood in the Agora; the documents are now in both the Agora and the Epigraphical Museums in Athens. The discussion considers the history and the terms of the leases. The three sections are followed by combined concordances and indices, with photographs of all stones not previously published.
Series Title:   The Athenian Agora: Results of Excavations Conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Publication Place:   Princeton
Publisher:   American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Volume:   19
Date:   1991
Page:   iii-v+vii-ix+xi-xiii+1+3+5-51+53+55-143+145+147+149-207+209+211-245
ISBN:   978-0-87661-219-4
Jstor:   http://www.jstor.org/stable/3601986
Google:   http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9780876612194
DOI:   10.2307_3601986
    10.2307_3601987
Oxbow URL:   http://www.oxbowbooks.com/bookinfo.cfm/ID/20329
References:   Publication Pages (276)
Objects (274)
Deposit: A 17:3
Deposit: G 12:20