CLA230H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Epigraphy, Athenian Democracy, Peisistratos
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Inscriptions and greek history famous example of the rosetta stone, dated 196 b. c. Decree establishing the cult of ptolemy v importance of the rosetta stone trilingual text of egyptian hieroglyphic, Egyptian demotic, and ancient greek example of the dreros law code, from the second half of the 7th century b. c. Types of greek inscriptions private public tombstones religious dedications laws and decrees religious calendars: alliances, public work schedules, expenditure accounts inventories commemorative documents lists of office-holders. Magistrates example of memorial for peisistratos not the peisistratos , but his grandson. Kalliades, peisistratos chronology appears to be accurate miltiades was archon in 524/523 b. c. Letter forms idea postulated that it was possible to figure out when inscriptions were inscribed based on the letter form between 425 b. c. and the end of the 3rd century b. c. to the mid-2nd century. Athenian life example of the athenian casualty list, dated 459 b. c.