Xanthos: -150 To -50 Honorific monument of a village listing the annual contributions of individuals towards an unspecified festival

Century Category:
2nd-1st centuries BCE
Region:
Lykia
City:
Xanthos
Date:
150-50 BCE
Certainty of pre-1st century CE date:
CERTAIN
Document Type:
Record (donations)
Epigraphic Reference:
Baker and Thériault (2023)
Place of Publication:
http://nomisma.org/id/xanthus
Place of Conception:
http://nomisma.org/id/lycia
Epigraphic Reference in Full:
Baker and Thériault (2023)
Bibliographic URL:
https://zenon.dainst.org/Record/003055398?sid=325869102
Date From:
-150
Date To:
-50
Description:
Honorific monument of a village listing the annual contributions of individuals towards an unspecified festival
Notes on the Monument/Findspot:
Two column-like blocks each with three faces inscribed (A-F), probably belonging originally to the same monument.

References to monetary behaviour (8)

Place of Transaction Authority Transaction Type Purpose/Focus Context/Field of Action Commodity Monetary Material Coin Denomination/Unit of Monetary Measurement Lines Notes
http://nomisma.org/id/termessus_minor Individual Spending Wine Village Wine A ll. 5, 8, 10, 13, 21, 25, 28-29, B ll. 5-6, 19, 18, 22, C ll. 3-4, 5, 18-19, 28, D ll. 1, 7-10, 15, 17-19, 23, 25, 29, E ll. 2, 6, 14, 16, 18, 20-21, F ll. 1-7, 14, 16-20 Contributions of wine (oinoposia).
http://nomisma.org/id/termessus_minor Individual Spending Livestock Village A l. 6, B ll. 6, 9, 18, D l. 6, E ll. 8, 12, F ll. 8-11, 21-23, 28 Contributions of bulls, pigs, sheep.
http://nomisma.org/id/termessus_minor Individual Spending Festival Village B l. 4, D l. 5, 11, F l. 27 Contribution of a festival (πανθυνίαν) probably involving some sort of communal feast.
http://nomisma.org/id/termessus_minor Individual Spending Feasts and distributions Village B l. 4, D l. 5, 11, F l. 27 Contribution of a festival (πανθυνίαν) probably involving some sort of communal feast.
http://nomisma.org/id/termessus_minor Individual Spending Sacrifices Village Silver Drachma (δραχμή) B ll. 4, 6, 10-12, D l. 16, E l. 4 Contributions of monetary sums (from 30-75 drachmas) towards unspecified ends, but presumably for paying for sacrificial expenses, indicated in drachmas with the drachma sign.
http://nomisma.org/id/termessus_minor Individual Spending Construction Village B ll. 20-24 Contribution towards the construction of stoas and an unknown structure in the temple of Apollo.
http://nomisma.org/id/termessus_minor Individual Spending Sacrifices Village Bronze Silver Drachma (δραχμή) B l. 25, C ll. 12-13, 20-21 Contributions of money towards the purchase of bronze vessels (χαλκίων) given in drachma sums (30 and 50 drachmas).
http://nomisma.org/id/termessus_minor Individual Spending Dedication Village F l. 15 Contribution of a vessel (ὑδρίσκ[ην]).