Editor: J.Piccinini

Text:

Side A

[Ἡρακλεõται (?) π]ερὶ Ἡρακλέας
[ἐ – – – – – – ] ΣΑ κομίζοντι
[τὰν πόλιν ἀ]σφαλέōς καὶ οἱ φύ-
[λαρχοι (?) τõν] Ἡρακλεōτᾶν.

(LHÔTE 2006)

Translation: “Concerning Herakleia. The Herakleotai and the phylarchoi of the Herakleotai ask whether they manage their city safely.” (J.Piccinini)

Find Spot: Dodona, inside the temenos (year of discovery 1967).

Support: Bronze tablet inscribed on both sides (h. 2,5 cm. x w. 6,7 cm).

Inv. No.: Ioannina, Archaeological Museum, M 122.

Dating: ca. 430-400 BC (LHÔTE 2006). 330-320 BC (EIDINOW 2007).

Bibliography: S.DAKARIS, in PAAH 1967, 48-49 no. 4; J.ROBERT-L.ROBERT, REG 1969, 473 no. 348;I.VOKOTOPOULOU, Dodone et les villes de la Grande Grèce et de la Sicile, in: ACSMG XXXI 1991, Taranto 1992, 63-90, 83-84, no. 11 fig. 3e; SEG 43, 1993[1996], nr. 328; P.CABANES, REG 109, 1996, 594-595 no. 226; SEG 51, 2001, no. 743; M.LOMBARDO, La colonizzazione adriatica in età dionigiana, in: N.Bonacasa – L.Braccesi – E.De Miro (eds.), La Sicilia dei due Dionisi, Roma 2002, 427-442; É.LHÔTE, Les lamelles oraculaires de Dodone, Génève 2006, 39-43 no. 6 (French transl.); E.EIDINOW, Oracles, Curses, and Risk among the ancient Greeks, Oxford 2007, 77 no. 12 (English transl.).