The sacrificial calendar of the Marathonian Tetrapolis

SEG 50.168 Date: Ca. 375-350 BC?
 
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Unit A . . . [1] [fourth] quarter, (5) [Mounichion], for - Prakterios,[3] a ram, 12 dr.; [Thargelion], . . . by the tower,[2] a sheep, 12 dr.; [Skirophorion], (10) . . . in the agora,[2] a ram, 12 dr., [on the eleventh or twelfth?], for Zeus Horios,[2] a sheep, 12 dr., for . . . , a sheep, 11 dr. Unit B [...?] the following . . . . . . in the year of the - in (?) . . . each (15) . . . in order as is written . . . the one on the . . . by the Eleusinion[7] . . . in Kynosoura . . . by the Herakleion[11] Unit B1 (20) [...?] fourth [quarter], Mounichion, . . . a sheep, 12 dr. Unit B2 [...?] first [quarter], Hekatombaion, (25) on the [date], [for Apollo?] Apotropaios,[3] a goat, 12 dr.; [second] quarter, Pyanopsion, . . . a pregnant sheep, 17 dr.; [fourth] quarter, Mounichion, (30) . . . a goat, 12 dr., . . . 12 dr. Unit B3 [...?] fourth [quarter], Mounichion, . . . -aios, a goat, 12 dr., (35) . . . , a sheep, 12 dr., . . . , a sheep, 12 dr., . . . , a sheep, 12 dr. Unit C . . . [prior?] sequence (dramosunē), (40) [second] quarter, Pyanopsion, . . . , a bovine, 90 dr.; [third] quarter, Gamelion, . . . -idai, a pregnant sow, 70 (?) dr.; [fourth quarter], Mounichion, (45) . . . Nymphagetes, a goat, 12 dr.; [Thargelion?] . . . river (?),[2] a ram, 12 dr., . . . a goat, 12 dr., . . . a ram, 12 dr., (50) . . . a goat, 12 dr., . . . a sheep, 12 dr., . . . a sheep, 11 dr.; [Skirophorion?], . . . a sheep, 12 dr., (55) for Athena Hellotis,[2][10] a piglet, 3 dr., . . .
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Marathon, annual sequence First quarter, Hekatombaion or Metageitnion . . . [these the demarch] of Marathon sacrifices . . . within ten days, for the hero[2] . . . a piglet, 3 dr., table for the hero,[2] [1 dr.?] (5) Boedromion, before the Mysteries . . . a bovine, 90 dr., a sheep, 12 dr., for Kourotrophos[4] [a sheep, 11 dr.?] second quarter, Posideon . . . a bovine, 150 dr.,[5] a sheep, 12 dr., for the heroine[2] [a sheep, 11 dr.?, priestly dues (hierōsuna)], 7 dr., for Earth in the fields (Gēi eg guais),[2][6] a pregnant bovine, 90 (?) dr., [priestly dues (hierōsuna), 4 dr.?], (10) at the rite (teletēi), baskets (?) (spuridia??), 40 dr. third quarter, Gamelion . . . for Daira,[7] a pregnant sheep, 16 dr., priestly dues (hierōsuna), 1 dr., for Earth at the oracle (Gēi epi tōi manteiōi),[2][6] a sheep, 11 dr., for Zeus Hyp[atos?] . . . for Ioleus,[2] a sheep, 12 dr., for Kourotrophos,[4] a piglet, [3 dr., a table], (15) 1 dr., priestly dues (hierōsuna), 2 dr. 1½ ob., for the hero Pheraios[2] [a sheep, 12 dr. ?], for the heroine,[2] a sheep, 11 dr., priestly dues (hierōsuna), 3 dr.; Elaphebolion, on the tenth, [for] [Earth at the] oracle (Gēi epi tōi manteiōi),[2][6] a completely black he-goat, 15 dr., priestly dues (hierōsuna) . . . fourth quarter, Mounichion, for Aristomachos,[2] (20) a bovine, 90 dr., a sheep, 12 dr., for the heroine,[2] a sheep, 11 dr., priestly dues (hierōsuna), 7 dr., for the Youth (Neaniai),[4] a bovine, 90 dr., a sheep, 12 dr., a piglet [3 dr.], for the heroine,[2] a sheep, 11 dr., priestly dues (hierōsuna), 7 dr. 1½ ob.; these the demarch of Marathon sacrifices, for the hero in [D]rasileia,[2] a sheep, 12 dr., a table, 1 dr., for the heroine,[2] a sheep, 11 dr., (25) for the hero by the marsh sanctuary (Hellōtion),[2] a sheep, 12 dr., a table, 1 dr., for the heroine,[2] a sheep, 11 dr.; Thargelion, for Achaia,[7] a ram, 12 dr., a female (i.e. a ewe), 11 dr., priestly dues (hierōsuna), 3 dr., for the Fates (Moirais),[3] a piglet, 3 dr., priestly dues (hierōsuna), 1½ ob.; (30) Skirophorion, before Skira, for Hyttenios,[8] the annual offerings (hōraia), a sheep, 12 dr., for Kourotrophos,[4] a piglet, 3 dr., priestly dues (hierōsuna), 2 dr. 1½ ob., for the Tritopatreis,[8] a sheep, 12 dr.?, priestly dues (hierōsuna), 2 dr., for the Akamantes,[2] a sheep, 12 dr., priestly dues (hiereōsuna), 2 dr. Marathon, prior biennial sequence These every other year, prior sequence (protera dramosunē), (35) Hekatombaion, for Athena Hellotis,[2][10] a bovine, 90 dr., three sheep, 33 dr., a piglet, 3 dr., priestly dues (hierōsuna), 7 dr. 1½ ob., for Kourotrophos,[4] a sheep, 11 dr., a piglet, 3 dr., priestly dues (hierōsuna), 1 dr. 1½ ob., for the laurel-bearers (daphnēphorois), 7 dr. Marathon, posterior biennial sequence These are sacrificed every other year, after the archonship of Euboulos (40) for the Tetrapoleis, posterior sequence (hustera dramosunē), Hekatombaion, for Athena Hellotis,[2][10] a sheep, 11 dr., for Kourotrophos,[4] a piglet, 3 dr., priestly dues (hierōsuna), 1 dr. 1½ ob.; Metageitnion, for Eleusinia,[7] a bovine, 90 dr., for the Girl (Korēi),[7] a ram, 12 dr., 3 piglets, 9 dr., priestly dues (hierōsuna), (45) 6 dr. 4½ ob., a sixth (hekteus) of barley, 4 ob., a chous of wine [1 dr.], for Kourotrophos,[4] a sheep, 11 dr., priestly dues (hierōsuna), 1 dr., for Zeus Anthaleus,[4] a sheep, 12 dr., priestly dues (hierōsuna), 2 dr.; Anthesterion, for Eleusinia,[7] a pregnant sow, 70 (?) dr., priestly dues (hierōsuna), 1 dr., for Chloe[7] by the property of Meidylos,[2] a pregnant sow, [70 dr.?], (50) priestly dues (hierōsuna), 1 dr., a sixth (hekteus) of barley, 4 ob., a chous of wine [1 dr.]; Skirophorion, before Skira, for Galios,[2] a ram, 12 dr., priestly dues (hierōsuna), 2 dr., for the well (?) (phreatos),[9] 6 dr., for the Tritopatreis,[8] a table, 1 dr. Trikorynthos, annual sequence At Trikorynthos these every year, first quarter, (55) Metageitnion, for Hera,[12] a bovine, 90 dr., a sheep, 11 dr. . . . for Kourotrophos[4] . . .
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. . . -sistratos of Marathon . . . of Marathon, 20 dr., Archenautes of Marathon, 22 (?) dr., . . . (≥) 10 dr., Hegesistratos of Marathon, . . . -doros . . . Isodikos of Oinoe, (≥) 10 dr., (5) . . . -gonos, Hagnostratos of Marathon, . . . , Patrokles of Oinoe, (≥) 10 dr., . . . 612 dr. 3 ob. (?), . . . of Marathon, . . . of Oinoe, . . . . . . -chos . . . of Marathon . . . . . . (≥) 30 dr. (?) . . . (≥) 20 dr. (?) (10) . . . (≥) 20 dr. (?) . . . . . . of Marathon . . . . . . (≥) 11 dr. (?) . . . (15) . . . (≥) 20 dr. (?) . . . . . . . . . (≥) 3 dr. (?) . . . of Marathon, 60 dr. (?) . . . of Marathon, 12 dr. (?) (20) . . . . . . About 28 lines illegible (50) . . . Hagetor of Probalinthos (?) . . . . . . (≥) 70 dr. . . . . . . . of Marathon, 11 dr. (?), . . . About 8 lines illegible (61) . . . (≥) 2 dr. (?) . . . . . .