Instrumentum publicum e democrazia a Taranto: rilettura di un'iscrizione vascolare
In: Archeologia Classica: 64, 2013
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A new interpretation of an inscribed pottery sherd from Taras dating to the fifth cent. B.C. – so far interpreted as a votive dedication to Artemis Orthia – it can be identified as an anthroponym that bears the shortened name of a civic subdivision, never attested before in Taras. This minimal epigraphic evidence is particularly relevant to the history of Tarantine institutions, as it provides the first attestation of the presence of some minor subdivisions in the public organization of Taras. The paper also proposes a historical interpretation of the epigraphy within the Tarantine classical democratic context, as well as an explanation of the object as instrumentum publicum.