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[Agora Object] MC 820: Upper Half of Symbolon

Intact. Inscribed, rectangular, but with toothed lower edge. The inscriptions in black glaze, much flaked. On one side: H Α Λ Ι Μ Ο Σ On the other side: Λ Ε Ο [ Ν Τ Ι Σ ] Traces of red wash on both faces ... 20 April 1950

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[Agora Object] MC 821: Lower Half of Symbolon

Intact save minor chips. Inscribed, rectangular but with wavy upper edge. On one side the inscription: Π Ο Λ On the other side the inscription: i.e. Λ Ε Ο (Ν Τ Ι Σ) Κάτω τμήμα από πήλινο ενεπίγραφο ... 20 April 1950

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[Agora Object] MC 822: Lower Half of Symbolon

Intact. Rectangular, but with wavy upper edge. Letters in black glaze, mostly flaked away. On one side the insription: Π Ο Λ On the other the inscription: Ε Ρ Ε (Χ Θ Ε Ι Σ) Red wash all over. Κάτω τμήμα ... 20 April 1950

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[Agora Image] 2004.02.0048 (LCT-29 a)

Allotment tokens, 450-425 B.C., written with the name of tribes. From left to right: MC 821, MC 820 and MC 822. Cf. Ober and Hedrick, eds., The Birth of Democracy, 1993, p. 66, pl. 6.3-5 (the other side ... Craig Mauzy ... 1992