GRAECO-ROMAN BRONZE INSCRIBED PLAQUE

Ca. 200 BC - AD 100. A bronze plaque of tapering rectangular shape, with a three-pointed upper edge, each point surmounted by a triangular finial. The front is engraved with 14 lines of Greek majuscule script transcribed in the Locrian Dialect (Northwest Doric). The passage details a political and constitutional treaty outlining the civil and political rights between Opuntian Locrians and another branch of the Locrian tribe. The text is arranged horizontally across the field. It translates to "And according to these terms, the Opuntians requested the Locrians to have an equal citizenship (politeia)... for each individual, and neither the city nor the territory shall alienate the ancestral property... according to each city, they shall participate in the court (dikasterion) and the councils (boulas), and in all other magistracies according to the assemblies, and in the entire citizen assembly (ekklesia). And the archon (magistrate) shall be Kaodamos, both sides having come together, that this [magistrate] shall be valid for them all” For similar see: British Museum number 1923,0116.1 > Size: 320mm x 200mm; Weight: 1.8kg > Provenance: Private collection; acquired in Switzerland in 2010. > This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. > This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. > The item is under Temporary Admission (TA), and an additional 5% duty will be applied to the hammer price.

Estimate:£18,000

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