The Dedicatory Inscription of the Stoa of Attalos in the Athenian Agora

Public Property, Commercial Space, and Hellenistic Kings

Bibliographic Data

ID9307767
AuthorsNoah Kaye (0000-0001-8975-2871, corresponding author), Noah Kaye Noah Kaye
Year2016
Volume85
Issue3
Pages537-537
Publication date2016-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHesperia The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-098X • E-ISSN: 1553-5622
PublisherAmerican School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2972/hesperia.85.3.0537
OpenAlexW2511930705
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited12

Published here are two overlooked fragments of the dedicatory inscription of the Stoa of Attalos in the Athenian Agora (Agora I 6135). A substantial body of inscriptions documenting stoas and associated rooms bestowed as gifts by both royal and civic donors suggests a new reconstruction of the text, one which is supported by the incorporation of the new fragments. The epigraphical pairing of the building and the rooms elucidates the economic character of the stoa as gift and the impact of this form of euergetism on the polis. This clarification occasions a reconsideration of royal property rights in the urban environment, at issue in the case of Hellenistic Sardis and the Second Letter of Antiochos III to Sardis (SEG XXXIX 1285)

Agora · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Character (mathematics · Property (philosophy · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Computer Science · History · Mathematics · Philosophy

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