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Object Type
Museum number: 1843,1209.57
Description: Inscribed white marble slab, the foot and moulding at the top broken away and missing. The inscription records a decree of the Council and People of Halicarnassus concerning the sale of the priesthood of Artemis Pergaea.
Cultures/periods: Greek; Roman Imperial
Production date: 100BC-1BC (? Copy of earlier inscription of 3rd century BC?)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Halicarnassus
Materials
Dimensions: Height: 48.25 centimetres; Thickness: 13.95 centimetres; Width: 34 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Inscription / The Collection of Ancient Greek Inscriptions in the British Museum (895); CIG (2656)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1843
Acquisition notes: Purchased from John Taylor, Esq., Liverpool
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1843,1209.57

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