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Inscribed fragment from upper part of stele. Full width preserved; back very roughly picked. Face and edge of sides smooth. Lines 1,7 and the 21st., 22nd., and 23rd. letters of line 12 are all painted ... 222/1 B.C ... This fits well in the text. Metronomoi. Pentelic marble.

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Political Organization of Attica

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Political Organization of Attica: Demes and Tribal Representation Each tribe was divided into three parts, and each third (trittys) was from one of the three regions of Attica, plain, coast, or hills ... Found inside the remains of the South Stoa, this inscription is a record of the metronomoi, the inspectors of weights and measures, of whom Aristotle wrote in the Athenian Constitution (51.2): "There are ten metronomoi appointed by lot, five for the city and five for Piraeus. ... A good example of this concern with fairness is the fragmentary inscription which records the transfer of the official weights and measures from the outgoing board of officials (metronomoi) to the incoming board. The five members and two secretaries of the metronomi are listed by name, patronymic (father's name), and deme and indicate that the seven came from seven different tribes: The metronomoi when Archelaos was Archon: Demostratos from Hestiaia Aristokrates from Angele Apollodoros son of Apollonios from Lamptrai Theodotos from Ekale Eratymenes from Oinoe and the allotted secretary: Nikias son of Philo from Kydathenaion and the elected secretary: Herakleitos son Timotheos from Krio gave over the following weights and measures ...

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: South Stoa I

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South Stoa I Measuring some 80 meters long, South Stoa I takes up much of the south side; its eastern end is the better preserved (Figs. 31, 32). It had a double colonnade, with sixteen rooms behind. It ... The off-center doors indicate the placement of dining couches in the rooms, perhaps used by magistrates fed at public expense, and an inscription found in the building suggests that at least one room was used by the metronomoi, the officials in charge of weights and measures.

[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 ... Metronomoi

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: Standard Weights and Measures

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Standard Weights and Measures The Controllers of Measures (Metronomoi) have also left us many samples of their work. One set of bronze weights (34), inscribed as standard weights of the Athenians, are ... Standard Weights and Measures The Controllers of Measures (Metronomoi) have also left us many samples of their work.

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Administration and Bureaucracy

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Administration and Bureaucracy The economy of Athens was supervised by numerous boards of officials in charge of the mint, the marketplace, weights and measures, and the grain and water supplies. Most ... One function of the Tholos was to serve as a repository for official weights and measures under the supervision of the inspectors, the metronomoi. According to ancient sources, sets of official weights and measures were kept in Athens as well as at Piraeus and Eleusis.

[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; Metronomoi