The Tribute Quota List of 454/3 B.C.

Abstract

The stone is broken on all sides except the top which preserves over a broad area the original rough-picked surface,3 just as do the other known fragments from the top of the stele.4 It also has along the front edge of its upper surface a marginal drafting about 0.03 m. broad, just as do the other fragments from the top of the stele. The front and top surfaces are weathered and pockmarked from long exposure to the elements. The top behind the marginal drafting forms a more or less level plateau about two and a half or three centimeters higher than the edge of the stone which carries the drafting.5 This top plateau of rough-picked stone was not visible to one reading the inscribed face, for the stele stood at least 3.663 m. high 6 and the angle of vision of the beholder, tangent to the smooth front edge of the drafted taenia, passed above the rough interior surface of the top. There are no ancient cuttings in the top except the marks of the pick which gave it its rough, though

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