Epigraphic Geography: The Tribute Quota Fragments Assigned to 421/0-415/4 B.C.

by Lisa Kallet

Hesperia, Volume 73, Issue 4
Page(s): 465-496
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4134901
Year: 2004
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ABSTRACT:

In this article, the author examines fragments of the Athenian tribute quota lists assigned to 421/0-415/4 B.C., the period preceding the elimination of tribute in ca. 413. The epigraphical and historical arguments employed previously in the reconstruction of these lists are on the whole not cogent. Moreover, in some cases, epigraphic anomalies such as differences in lettering and the uncertainty of joins may challenge the association of fragments within lists. It is suggested that many fragments could equally well be dated to the period following the increased assessment of 425, a period that currently constitutes the sole gap in the reconstructed tribute record.