Library rules, Library of Pantainos
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Title
Library rules, Library of Pantainos
Subject
Library of Pantainos (Athens, Greece)--Pictorial works.
Library rules and regulations--Greece--Athens--Pictorial works.
Inscriptions, Greek--Greece--Athens--Pictorial works.
Library rules and regulations--Greece--Athens--Pictorial works.
Inscriptions, Greek--Greece--Athens--Pictorial works.
Description
Two photographs, showing the fragment of a marble stele with the library regulations. This is the only known surviving rules of an ancient library.
Translation: "No book is to be taken out because we have sworn an oath. [The library] is to be open from the first hour until the sixth."
Translation: "No book is to be taken out because we have sworn an oath. [The library] is to be open from the first hour until the sixth."
Creator
Michael W. Handis
Date
April 17, 2013
Rights
Copyright Michael W. Handis, all rights reserved; translation copyright American School of Classical Studies (http://agora.ascsa.net/id/agora/monument/library%20of%20pantainos?q=&t=monument&v=icons&sort=&s=29)
Format
JPEG file
Language
eng
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