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[Agora Image] 2012.59.0082 (88-132)

Nomothetai decree fragment ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Nomothetai decree fragment.

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[Agora Image] 2012.70.1065 (79-10-19)

Nomothetai Decree Fragment ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Nomothetai Decree Fragment

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[Agora Object] I 7495: Nomothetai Decree Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Broken below, top badly battered. Center area of text worn smooth by foot traffic, the whole face originally found covered in a thick, very hard cement, presumably from a modern wall, ... 354/353 B.C ... Nomothetai Decree Fragment

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[Agora Image] 2012.58.0435 (86-563)

Inscribed stele, Nomothetai decree ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Inscribed stele, Nomothetai decree.

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[Agora Image] 2012.70.1064 (79-10-18)

Nomothetai Decree Fragment, I 7495 ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Nomothetai Decree Fragment, I 7495

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[Agora Image] 2012.70.1066 (79-10-20)

Nomothetai Decree Fragment, I 7495 ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Nomothetai Decree Fragment, I 7495

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[Agora Image] 2012.70.1067 (79-10-21)

Nomothetai Decree Fragment, I 7495 ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Nomothetai Decree Fragment, I 7495

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[Agora Image] 2012.70.1068 (79-10-22)

Nomothetai Decree Fragment, I 7495 ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Nomothetai Decree Fragment, I 7495

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[Agora Image] 2007.10.0008 (XXXVII-60)

Decree of the Nomothetai, detail. Seated man (Demos) beeing crowned by by standing woman (Demokratia?) ... Horizontal (normal) ... Decree of the Nomothetai, detail. Seated man (Demos) beeing crowned by by standing woman (Demokratia?).

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[Agora Object] I 7180: Decree

Inscribed stele. Mended from two pieces. Complete except for fragments from back. Stele has vertical taper with a crowning moulding of ovolo topped by plain taenia. Tooth chiselling on sides and front ... 4 August 1970 ... Back rough picked. Nomothetai decree. White, fine crystal marble.

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[Agora Object] I 5477: Decree Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Inscribed face, back, which is rough picked, and the top with a simple moulding preserved. Decree of Nomothetai concerning the Lesser Panathenaia. Twenty-two lines of the inscription ... Ca. 335 B.C ... Decree of Nomothetai concerning the Lesser Panathenaia.

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[Agora Object] I 6524: Decree Fragment

Inscribed fragment of stele. The top akroterion and some of the bottom below the setting line broken away; otherwise intact. An attempt was made in antiquity to break up the stele, and a narrow channel ... 337/336 B.C ... Decree of the Nomothetai; archonship of Phrynichos.

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: Law Against Tyranny

http://agathe.gr/democracy/law_against_tyranny.html

Law Against Tyranny In the fourth century B.C. the Athenians were faced with the dangerous possibility of tyranny. Although the Macedonian king had guaranteed Athenian democracy in the peace following ... “Be it resolved by the Nomothetai (lawgivers): If anyone rise up against the People with a view to tyranny or join in establishing the tyranny or overthrow the People of the Athenians or the democracy in Athens, whoever kills him who does any of these things shall be blameless.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 264, p. 254

Lion guarding fountain. Menodoros. Lions, beneath throne. Menon. Livia. Metalworkers. Logistai. Meter. Logisteria. Metichos or Metiochos. Lokros. Meton. Lollianos. Metragyrtes. Long Rocks. Metronomoi ... Agora 3 254 ... Nomothetai

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Marble Stele

http://agathe.gr/democracy/marble_stele.html

Law Against Tyranny In 338 B.C. Philip II of Macedon and his son Alexander defeated the Athenians and other Greek states in a battle at Chaironeia in central Greece. In the following year (337/6 B.C.) ... The text of the decree reads: In the archonship of Phrynichos, in the ninth prytany of Leontis for which Chairestratos, son of Ameinias, of Acharnai, was secretary; Menestratos of Aixone, of the proedroi, put the question to a vote; Eukrates, son of Aristodimos, of Peiraeus, made the motion; with Good Fortune of the Demos of the Athenians, be it resolved by the Nomothetai [lawgivers]: If anyone should rise up against the Demos for tyranny or join in establishing the tyranny or overthrow the Demos of the Athenians or the democracy in Athens, whoever kills him who does any of these things shall be blameless.

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: Athenian Currency

http://agathe.gr/democracy/athenian_currency.html

Athenian Currency Many of the specialized administrative boards have left material traces of their activities. Most prolific of these were the moneyers, or Overseers of the Mint. Throughout her history ... An inscribed law of 375/4 B.C. describes the procedure to be used to prevent counterfeit money from circulating in the Agora: “Resolved by the Nomothetai, in the archonship of Hippodamas; Nikophon made the proposal: Attic (Athenian) silver currency is to be accepted when [it is shown to be] silver and bears the official die.

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: The Council and Magistrates

http://agathe.gr/democracy/the_council_and_magistrates.html

The Council and the Magistrates Like selection for military service, allotment to the Council was organized according to the division by tribes; 50 members from each tribe acted as a unit in the Council ... In rare instances a special board of lawmakers (nomothetai) was created to draft laws of unusual significance, such as the Law against Tyranny described on the next page.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 276, p. 251

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Measures. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Muses. The Athenian Agora; ... Agora 14 251 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Nomothetai