Cult provisions on an inscribed altar from the City Eleusinion
AIUK 4.1 (BM, Cult Provisions) no. 1 Date: ca. 510-470 BCFace A
. . . [1] . . . . . . . . . (5) . . . . . . . . . [a quarter of] olive oil . . . . . . (10) . . . . . . initiate (?)
. . . . . . . . .
Fragment c (BM fragment)
(15) . . . . . . of
barley . . . . . . half-
sixth . . . (20) . . . at the Proarktouria (?)
. . . . . . and
for the . . . . . . for the ox-slayer (botupoi) (25) . . . . . . : for Zeus
Polieus . . . . . . three
choinikes . . . (30) . . . [2]
. . . . . . five choinikes . . . . . . of barley meal . . . . . . a quarter (?) of wine . . . (35) . . . : For Kore or Kourotrophos . . . for the priestess . . . . . . a quarter (?) of wine . . . . . . pulse soup . . . . . . of barley meal . . . (40) . . . . . . five . . . . . . of barley . . . . . . for the tribe-kings
. . . covering (?) . . . (45) . . . . . . : For E- . . .
. . . . . . . . . initiate (?)
(50) . . . : for Erechtheus
. . . of wine (?) . . . . . . . . .
. . . (55) . . . . . . . . . . . .
Face B
. . . seven half-sixths [of barley?], six-and-
(60) a-half [choes] of wine . . . a sixth of -, eight cups of
honey, a half-chous of oil . . . a half-quarter of -, three quarters
of cheese, - of beans . . . three choinikes
(65) [of white sesame?], three choinikes [of black?], . . . . . . two . . . . . . . . .
. . . a half-
(70) quarter of - . . . . . . . . . of wine (?)
. . . initiate (?) . . . (75) . . . . . .
. . . . . . seven (?)
half-cups
(80) . . . of barley meal
. . . . . .
. . . . . . (85) . . . . . .
. . . . . . spit
. . . (90) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (95) . . . . . . barley meal . . . . . . . . . . . . (100) . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . (105) . . . . . . . . . . . . cups . . . . . . half cups . . . (110) One uninscribed line . . . . . . . . . . . . olive oil . . . (115) . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . (120) . . . barley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (125) . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . (130) . . . two . . . . . . barley meal . . . . . . . . .
Face C
. . . (135) . . .
. . . . . . lentil cake (?) . . . . . . (140) . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . (145) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (150) . . . herald (?)
. . .
. . . . . . . . . (155) . . . . . . . . . . . . half-sixth
. . . (160) . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . (165) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (170) . . .
. . . . . . . . . three choinikes . . . One uninscribed line . . . half-sixth . . . (175) . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . (180) . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . (185) . . . . . .
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