Fragmentary marble inscription

Unknown

ca. 425–424 BCE · Marble · Greek and Roman Art

Following the Greek victory over the Persians in 479 B.C., Athens formed a naval confederacy with other Greek cities around the Aegean Sea. Gradually, however, it became an empire exacting annual tribute for the benefit of Athens alone. This inscription is part of a tribute list recording payments to Athens by members of the confederacy. It lists the assessments of Paros, Naxos, Andros, Melos, Siphnos, Eretria, and Thera. The date is 425/424 B.C., and the amounts are high because Athens was combating Sparta in the Peloponnesian War.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 425–424 BCE

Medium

Marble

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1926