Fragmentary Decrees from the Athenian Agora

By (author) Michael B. Walbank

Book cover: Fragmentary Decrees from the Athenian Agora

Extent: 124 pages

Publisher: American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Subjects: Classical Studies, Mediterranean Archaeology

Series: Hesperia Supplement

Series volume number: 38

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 2008)

ISBN: 9780876615386

8.46 x 10.98 inches

Price: $49.95

In stock

As well as being an archaeological guide, this beautifully illustrated volume tells the story of 30 years of fieldwork and study at one of the lesser known, but most intellectually fascinating, sites in Crete. In prehistory, Kommos was a busy harbor town with trading links extending to Egypt and Sardinia.


This volume publishes the editiones principes of the most fragmentary inscriptions found during excavations in the Athenian Agora between 1931 and 1967. These comprise parts of 100 decrees of the Athenian state and other political bodies. Each of the inscriptions is illustrated and described, with a transcription of the legible letters and commentary.

  • By (author) Michael B. Walbank