The manumission inscriptions from Lemnos: some news

Authors

  • Francesca Rocca

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13135/2039-4985/1348

Keywords:

Lemnos, Kabeiroi, slaves, manumission

Abstract

Il contributo vuole presentare una serie di frammenti rinvenuti sull'isola di Lemnos, in particolare nel santuario degli dei Cabiri sito a Chloi, e riconoscibili come iscrizioni di manomissione. I testi vanno dunque ad arricchire il corpus già noto di atti legati all'emancipazione servile, contribuendo in modo costruttivo alla definizione della pratica liberatoria sull'isola nella tarda età ellenistica e nella prima età imperiale.

 

The paper aims to present a series of fragments found on the island of Lemnos - in the sanctuary of the gods Kabeiroi in Chloi- and recognizable as manumission inscriptions. The texts will therefore enrich the already known corpus of acts which testify the ways used on the island to set the slaves free. The documents usefully contribute to the definition of the manumission practice attested on Lemnos in late Hellenistic and early Imperial period.

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Published

2016-07-03

Issue

Vol. 4 (2014)

Section

Ricerche e documenti

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