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A Greek Price Inscription from Euesperides, Cyrenaica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2015

David W. J. Gill
David W. J. Gill*
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Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Wales, Swansea
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Abstract

The price inscription on an Attic black-glossed lekanis is discussed. The lekanis was found during the excavations of one of the houses in the Greek colony of Euesperides. Its significance is considered alongside the small number of price inscriptions known from Cyrenaica. Price inscriptions draw attention to the low value of Attic pottery in antiquity, and the Euesperides graffito is considered against some of the literary and epigraphic evidence used in recent discussions.

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Libyan Studies , Volume 29 , 1998 , pp. 83 - 88
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Copyright © Society for Libyan Studies 1998

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