The Dedication of Phialai after Trials at Athens by Metics and Citizens By Edward Harris

https://www.academia.edu/145322684/The_Dedication_of_Phialai_after_Trials_at_Athens_by_Metics_and_Citizens Thirty-four fragments of lists of phialai dedicated after trials by metics and citizens have been found at Athens. Many scholars (Wilamowitz, D. M. Lewis, D. Kamen et alii) have claimed that these bowls were dedicated after manumissions or after release from the duties of freed people. This essay shows that these views are untenable and proposes an analysis based only on the evidence of the inscriptions. ...