Pinakion

Bronze dikast ticket of Archilochos of Phaleron.
A jury pinakion.

In ancient Greece, a pinakion (pl. pinakia) was a small bronze plate used to identify a citizen of a city. Pinakia for candidates for political office or for jury membership were inserted into randomization machines (kleroteria).


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