Walters, Henry Beauchamp: Catalogue of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum (London, 1899)

ARCHAIC GREEK BRONZES.

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263. Tablet. Oblong shape, with a ring at one end for suspension: inscribed
on both sides with part of a treaty in regard to reprisals between the towns of
Chaleion and Oeantheia, on the gulf of Corinth. The fines to be imposed and
the form of court by which anyone who contravenes the treaty is to be tried
are here specified. The alphabet and dialect are Locrian. The inscription runs
as follows :

I TON+ENONMEHATEM • ETAJi'J'AAEI>05> ■ TONOIAN0EAM
E>ETON VAAEIEA I ETAgOIAN0l>OS 1 ME>E t R.EM ATAAITIgV
AOI i TON>EgVAONTAANATOgVAENTA+ENIKAE0ANA5A^HArEN
A^VAON : rhANEMMENO^ • TOKATAPOAIN I Al KA>I KOgVA Ol : TE
5 : TOKEg>KA+MAI : AI>Er>EON>EKAMARANE+OITOSVAONH E

MIOAIONO+NETOFOTI^VhAgAI : AlM ETAFOIKEOITA EONMENO^E
O ^ ANEI EV^ENOIAN® EAI EOIAN0EV EN y ANEIOITAI EPI>A|Vl| Al>l KAI V
PEgTO ; TONPRO+ENON : AI-*EV>EAPKO+ENEOI : >IPA
EIOIOOIE^TO

10 AIKAN>I 'J'AlONTITOI+ENO>lKAI : ^POMOTA^ : H£a£5

TO : O+ENOg : OPA<ON : TAN>1 KAM : £ <J/0O:£FRO+ENO
KAIFlhO+ENO : ARIgTI N>AN : EPIM ENTAI^M N Al A
lAlg : KAIPAEON : PENTEKA1>EKAN>RAS : EPITAI^

MEIONOI^ : ENNEANPRAg : AIKOFA^TO^POlTONF
15 A^TONAIKAIETAIKATA^SVNKOAA^ : >AMIOR<OS
HEAE^TAI : TO^HORKOMOTASARlSTINDANTANPE
NTORKIANOMOgANTA^ : TOSHORKOMOTASTONAVTO
NHORKONOMNVEN : PAE0VN>ENIKEN.

Toy ^evov ptrj ayeiv i Ta? XaXetSo? t'ov Olav&ea, pt-
7?Se tov XaXetea e ra? OlavdiSo'i, /jLtjSe -yprj/iaTa ai Tt(?) <tu-
Xq> ' tov Se crvXwvTa avaTU>(p) avXf/v ’ Ta, i^evuca i 0a\acr(o-)a? ayetv
aavXov, 7r\av i Xt/tefo? ra /caTa irciKiv • at kuSIkc0? crvXm, T6-
5 Tope? Spa%fia£ • at Se 7rXeov Se/c'apapav e%oi to avXov, r)-

puoXtov ocpceToo FoTt avXacrat. At pteTaFot/ceot irXeov p-rjva; fj
6 XaXeteo? iv OiavOea 7) OlavOew iv HLaXeiw Ta eVtSa/tta Si/ca
pi/aTO). Tov irpo^evov, at rjrevSea rrpo^eveot, StitX-
et ot 0a)yaTO).

At k avSt%d£a>VTi toI ^evoShcat, eVco/toTa? eXea-
tco 0 l+t'o? wTrdytov tav Sticav ix&o; irpo^evto
ical FtSto^evto dptaTtvSav, eVt ptev Tai<; ptvaia-
tat? Kal irXeov irevTeKatSeK ctvSpa;, eVt Tat?

5 ptetovots ivve avSpa<;. At k 0 FaaaTo? 7to(t) t'ov F-

aaTov StKatyjTai kcl(t) Ta? avv/3o\ct<;, Sapuopyov<;
eXearat Toi><; opKtopoTa? dptaTtvSav, Tav 7re-
VTopKiav optoaavTat; ’ tov? opKtoptOTa? tov ai/To-
v opKov optvvetv, ttXtjOvv Se vtKi]v.

Dimensions, ll| x 3j in. Found at Oeantheia (Galaxidi). Formerly in Woodhouse
Collection ; acquired 1896. Since the death of Mr. Woodhouse, this tablet has been in the