Bronze Pinakia

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Bronze pinakia - used to allot Athenian citizens their role as jurors. On the plate was inscribed the person's name, their father's name, and their deme (township). In the centre is a bronze ball from the machine (kleroteria) used to randomly select jurors for service. 5th to 2nd century BCE. (Agora Museum, Athens)

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Mark Cartwright
Mark is WHE’s Publishing Director and has an MA in Political Philosophy (University of York). He is a full-time researcher, writer, historian and editor. Special interests include art, architecture and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share.

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Cartwright, M. (2016, January 27). Bronze Pinakia. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4521/bronze-pinakia/

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Cartwright, Mark. "Bronze Pinakia." World History Encyclopedia, January 27, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4521/bronze-pinakia/.

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Cartwright, Mark. "Bronze Pinakia." World History Encyclopedia, 27 Jan 2016, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4521/bronze-pinakia/.

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