Decision of the polis for the Scribe Spensithios
abstract
Both sides of a bronze semicircular mitra, coming from Arkades (south of Lyttos), were reused to inscribe a contract drawn up between the Dataleis and the scribe Spensithios. It is the first intact document that testifies to the creation of a ‘technical’ public appointment and it is the Greek text in which the importance of the representatives assigned to the writing and the recording of the public documents is most clearly perceived.
Keywords: Epagra • Scriba • Epeniaution • Kosmos • Poinikastas • Phyle • Dataleis • Mitra • Spensithios • Contratto • Poinikazen • Mnamoneuen • Misthos • Hapax • Lyttos • Dromeis • Arkades • Mnamon • Laksion