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[Agora Image] 2012.59.0797 (88-663)

Bronze ballots ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Bronze ballots.

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[Agora Image] 2012.58.1206 (80-130bis)

Dikast's ballots ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Dikast's ballots.

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[Agora Image] 2012.55.0218 (80-130)

Dikasts' ballots ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Dikasts' ballots.

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[Agora Image] 2012.56.0261 (82-246)

Dikast's ballots ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Dikast's ballots.

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[Agora Image] 2012.53.1408 (LXIII-9)

Dicasts' ballots ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Dicasts' ballots.

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[Agora Image] 2012.53.1409 (LXIII-10)

Dicasts' ballots ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Dicasts' ballots.

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[Agora Image] 2012.52.1445 (XLV-42)

Dikast's ticket and ballots ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Dikast's ticket and ballots.

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[Agora Image] 2012.24.0057 (5-297)

Dikast's ballots and ticket ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Dikast's ballots and ticket.

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[Agora Image] 2012.52.0920 (XXXIX-49)

Bronze dicast's ballots and tickets ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Bronze dicast's ballots and tickets.

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[Agora Image] 2008.19.0032

Inscribed jurors’ ballots, fourth century B.C ... Craig Mauzy ... Cf. 2007.10.0081 Horizontal (normal) ... Inscribed jurors’ ballots, fourth century B.C.

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[Agora Drawing] PD 841 (DA 235)

Sketch of ballot-box with ballots as found ... A.H ... Heliotype as well. f Dirty Heavy Tracing Paper Drafting Ink ... 1953 ... Sketch of ballot-box with ballots as found.

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[Agora Image] 2012.45.1067 (Section ΣΑ 696)

Ballot Box with ballots as found. From south ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Ballot Box with ballots as found. From south.

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[Agora Image] 2012.45.1068 (Section ΣΑ 697)

Ballot Box with ballots as found. From south ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Ballot Box with ballots as found. From south.

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[Agora Image] 2012.45.1069 (Section ΣΑ 698)

Ballot Box with ballots as found. From south ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Ballot Box with ballots as found. From south.

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[Agora Image] 2004.01.2126 (HAT 53-357)

Ballot box, detail. The ballots have been replaced by copies ... west ... 1953 ... Ballot box, detail. The ballots have been replaced by copies.

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[Agora Image] 2007.10.0090 (LCT-134 a)

Bronze dikast's ballots. At left, B 1056; at right, B 728 ... Craig Mauzy ... Misc Horizontal (normal) ... 1985 ... Bronze dikast's ballots. At left, B 1056; at right, B 728.

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[Agora Image] 2000.06.0097 (LCT-134)

Bronze dikast's ballots. At left, B 1056; at right, B 728 ... Craig Mauzy ... Misc Horizontal (normal) ... 1985 ... Bronze dikast's ballots. At left, B 1056; at right, B 728.

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[Agora Image] 2012.54.0034 (LXIV-34)

Group of dikast's ballots, name plate and small bronze ball, from Ballot-Box and vicinity ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Group of dikast's ballots, name plate and small bronze ball, from Ballot-Box and vicinity.

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[Agora Image] 2007.10.0080 (LCT-125)

Bronze ballots. From left to right: B 1056, B 146, B 728, B 1058, B 1055 ... Craig Mauzy ... Cf. 2007.10. 0081. Horizontal (normal) ... Bronze ballots. From left to right: B 1056, B 146, B 728, B 1058, B 1055.

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[Agora Image] 2007.10.0081

Bronze ballots, from left to right: B 1056, B 146, B 728, B 1058, B 1055 ... Version of 2007.10.0080. Horizontal (normal) ... Bronze ballots, from left to right: B 1056, B 146, B 728, B 1058, B 1055.

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[Agora Image] 1997.12.0149 (LX-81)

Remains under the Stoa terrace, first northern extension. Ballot-box in foreground. The ballots have been replaced ... north 2782 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Dec 1953 ... Ballot-box in foreground. The ballots have been replaced.

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[Agora Image] 1997.12.0150 (LX-82)

Remains under the Stoa terrace, first northern extension. Ballot-box in background. The ballots have been replaced ... west 2783 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Dec 1953 ... Ballot-box in background. The ballots have been replaced.

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[Agora Image] 1997.12.0152 (LX-84)

Remains under the Stoa terrace, first northern extension. Ballot-box in foreground. The ballots have been replaced ... north 2785 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Dec 1953 ... Ballot-box in foreground. The ballots have been replaced.

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[Agora Image] 2012.53.1176 (LX-81)

Remains under the Stoa terrace, first northern extension. Ballot-box in foreground. The ballots have been replaced ... AMS north 2782 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Dec 1953 ... Ballot-box in foreground. The ballots have been replaced.

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[Agora Image] 2012.53.1177 (LX-82)

Remains under the Stoa terrace, first northern extension. Ballot-box in background. The ballots have been replaced ... AMS west 2783 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Dec 1953 ... Ballot-box in background. The ballots have been replaced.

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[Agora Image] 2012.53.1179 (LX-84)

Remains under the Stoa terrace, first northern extension. Ballot-box in foreground. The ballots have been replaced ... AMS north 2785 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Dec 1953 ... Ballot-box in foreground. The ballots have been replaced.

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[Agora Image] 1997.12.0151 (LX-83)

Remains under the Stoa terrace, first northern extension. Close view of the ballot-box with the ballots replaced ... west 2786 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Dec 1953 ... Close view of the ballot-box with the ballots replaced.

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[Agora Image] 2004.01.2121 (HAT 53-344)

Ballot-box as found, general view with ballots in situ, under the Stoa of Attalos, ca. 400 B.C ... north Horizontal (normal) ... 1953 ... Ballot-box as found, general view with ballots in situ, under the Stoa of Attalos, ca. 400 B.C.

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[Agora Image] 2012.53.1178 (LX-83)

Remains under the Stoa terrace, first northern extension. Close view of the ballot-box with the ballots replaced ... AMS west 2786 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Dec 1953 ... Close view of the ballot-box with the ballots replaced.

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[Agora Image] 2003.01.0308 (LX-90)

Room with ballot-box found in a building under the Stoa of Attalos. The ballots have been replaced by copies. Prof. E. Vanderpool, who conducted the excavations in this area, is illustrating here how the ... Mounted Horizontal (normal) ... December 1953 ... Room with ballot-box found in a building under the Stoa of Attalos. The ballots have been replaced by copies. ... Vanderpool, who conducted the excavations in this area, is illustrating here how the ballots were disposed in the box.

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[Agora Image] 2003.01.0309 (LXII-82)

Room with ballot-box found in a building under the Stoa of Attalos. The ballots have been replaced by copies. Prof. E. Vanderpool, who conducted the excavations in this area, is illustrating here how the ... Detail of negative LXII-82. Mounted. Horizontal (normal) ... December 1953 ... Room with ballot-box found in a building under the Stoa of Attalos. The ballots have been replaced by copies. ... Vanderpool, who conducted the excavations in this area, is illustrating here how the ballots were disposed in the box.

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[Agora Image] 2009.01.0391 (LXII-82)

Room with ballot-box found in a building under the Stoa of Attalos. The ballots have been replaced by copies. Prof. E. Vanderpool, who conducted the excavations in this area, is illustrating here how the ... Cf. 2003.01.0309 Horizontal (normal) ... December 1953 ... Room with ballot-box found in a building under the Stoa of Attalos. The ballots have been replaced by copies. ... Vanderpool, who conducted the excavations in this area, is illustrating here how the ballots were disposed in the box.

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[Agora Image] 2012.53.1185 (LX-90)

Room with ballot-box found in a building under the Stoa of Attalos. The ballots have been replaced by copies. Prof. E. Vanderpool, who conducted the excavations in this area, is illustrating here how the ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... December 1953 ... Room with ballot-box found in a building under the Stoa of Attalos. The ballots have been replaced by copies. ... Vanderpool, who conducted the excavations in this area, is illustrating here how the ballots were disposed in the box.

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[Agora Image] 2012.53.1380 (LXII-82)

Room with ballot-box found in a building under the Stoa of Attalos. The ballots have been replaced by copies. Prof. E. Vanderpool, who conducted the excavations in this area, is illustrating here how the ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... December 1953 ... Room with ballot-box found in a building under the Stoa of Attalos. The ballots have been replaced by copies. ... Vanderpool, who conducted the excavations in this area, is illustrating here how the ballots were disposed in the box.

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[Agora Drawing] PD 2681 (DA 3940)

Plan of the distribution of ballots, dicasts tickets, bronze terrera and balls in the Agora (finds associated with legal practice) ... Richard C. Anderson ... Scanned. DB: 125. Drafting Film Drafting Ink ... September 1992 ... Plan of the distribution of ballots, dicasts tickets, bronze terrera and balls in the Agora (finds associated with legal practice).

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[Agora Drawing] PD 2681 (DA 4039)

Plan of the distribution of ballots, dicasts tickets, bronze terrera and balls in the Agora (finds associated with legal practice) ... Richard C. Anderson ... Scanned. DB: 125 ... September 1992 ... Plan of the distribution of ballots, dicasts tickets, bronze terrera and balls in the Agora (finds associated with legal practice).

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[Agora Image] 2002.01.2681

Plan of the distribution of ballots, dicasts tickets, bronze terrera and balls in the Agora (finds associated with legal practice) ... R.C. Anderson ... PD 2681 ... September 1992 ... Plan of the distribution of ballots, dicasts tickets, bronze terrera and balls in the Agora (finds associated with legal practice).

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[Agora Image] 2010.01.0006

Plan of the distribution of ballots, dicasts tickets, bronze terrera and balls in the Agora (finds associated with legal practice) ... R.C. Anderson ... PD 2681 Horizontal (normal) ... September 1992 ... Plan of the distribution of ballots, dicasts tickets, bronze terrera and balls in the Agora (finds associated with legal practice).

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[Agora Image] 2012.58.0013 (86-150)

Dikast's ballots, ball, and tessera found in ballot box in the "Predecessor of the Square Building" beneath the Stoa of Attalos Terrace ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Dikast's ballots, ball, and tessera found in ballot box in the "Predecessor of the Square Building" beneath the Stoa of Attalos Terrace.

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Verdict

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The Verdict After the speeches and other evidence had been presented, the members of the jury voted by casting ballots. A series of vase paintings of the early 5th century B.C. show a mythological story, ... When the speeches have been made, the men appointed by lot to take charge of the ballots give each juror two ballots, one hollow and one solid, in full view of the litigants so that no one shall take two solid or two hollow ... ... Rhodes) Bronze ballots, 4th century B.C. ... Most of the ballots uncovered in the Agora are of bronze, but a few are of lead.

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[Agora Publication] Agora XXVIII: The Lawcourts at Athens Sites: Buildings, Equipment, Procedure, and Testimonia

Boegehold, A. L. Camp, J. Crosby, M. Lang, M. Jordan, D. R. Townsend, R. F ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... A comprehensive, three-part study of the sites and procedures of Athenian lawcourts in the 5th, 4th, and 3rd centuries B.C. Part I discusses various courts, their names and possible sites, and reconstructs ... 1995 ... Such court paraphernalia included ballots, receptacles for documents, water clocks (used to time speeches), allotments machines and their accessories (for assigning jurors to the courts), seating tokens, and a curse tablet.

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Lawcourts

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Lawcourts Underlying the north end of the Stoa of Attalos are the slight remains of a group of buildings dating to the 5th and 4th centuries B.C. (Fig. 50). Largely open courtyards, they seem to have served ... The identification is based largely on the discovery of a container made of drain tiles set on end holding seven of the inscribed bronze ballots used by jurors to render their verdicts (Fig. 51).

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 259, p. 249

Athens, primitive. Bouleuterion. Atreidai. Attalos II of Pergamon. Attis. Audoleon. Boundary stones. August Goddesses. Augustus. Autolykos. Axiochos. Axones. Ballots. Bouphonia. Bankers. Boustrophedon ... Agora 3 249 ... Ballots

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Introduction

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Introduction Classical Athens saw the rise of an achievement unparalleled in history. Perikles, Aeschylus, Sophokles, Plato, Demosthenes, Thucydides, and Praxiteles represent just a few of the statesmen ... The lawcourts are represented by the discovery of bronze ballots and a water-clock used to time speeches.

[Agora Webpage] Overview: The Museum

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The Museum On display in the public galleries of the stoa is a selection of the thousands of objects recovered in the past 75 years, reflecting the use of the area from 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1500. The public ... This material includes ostraka (inscribed potsherds used as ballots to exile over-ambitious politicians), allotment machines and bronze identification tags (used in selecting an Athenian jury), and clay tokens and inscribed lead strips (used in the administration of the Athenian cavalry).

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: Judiciary and Lawcourts

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Judiciary and Lawcourts The lawcourts of Athens, a city notorious throughout Greece for the litigiousness of her citizens, were both numerous and large. Several of these lawcourts were in the immediate ... Inside were found one small bronze ball probably used in the kleroterion, a device for the allotment of jurors to courts, and six jurors’ ballots (25). Each is inscribed “official ballot”; on some a letter in relief seems to designate the jury-section. ... Inscribed jurors’ ballots, fourth century B.C.

[Agora Webpage] Overview: The Archaeological Site

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The Athenian Agora The Agora of Athens was the center of the ancient city: a large, open square where the citizens could assemble for a wide variety of purposes. On any given day the space might be used ... The council chamber, magistrates’ offices, mint, and archives have all been uncovered, while the lawcourts are represented by the recovery of bronze ballots and a water-clock used to time speeches.

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Popular Courts

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The Popular Courts The popular courts, with juries of no fewer than 201 jurors and as many as 2,500, heard a variety of cases. The courts also had an important constitutional role in wielding ultimate ... Bronze ballots and a ballot box were found in a complex of rooms constructed in the late 5th and 4th centuries B.C. and identified on the basis of these finds as lawcourts.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 269, p. 244

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Archons; Polemarchos. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Autolykos; Pancratiast ... Agora 14 244 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Ballots

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 275, p. 250

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Law Courts; Hellenistic. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Lithos; See ... Agora 14 250 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Lead; Ballots

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 278, p. 253

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Pnyx. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Praxiteles. The Athenian Agora; ... Agora 14 253 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Psephoi; Ballots

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 270, p. 245

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Bronze; Ballots. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Burials; In Relation ... Agora 14 245 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Bronze; Ballots

[Agora Webpage] Publications: Monographs

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Monographs Excavations in the civic and cultural center of classical Athens began in 1931 and have continued almost without interruption to the present day. The first Athenian Agora volumes presenting ... Such court paraphernalia included ballots, receptacles for documents, water clocks (used to time speeches), allotments machines and their accessories (for assigning jurors to the courts), seating tokens, and a curse tablet.