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Old identity cards in Camarina



Tra le meraviglie che il museo archeologico di Camarina custodisce: le carte d'identità dei nostri cari antenati greci.
Ben 153 piccole lamine in pimbo d forma rettangolare,risalenti al V sec a.C. , sono state rinevute nell'area del Tempio di Atena e più esattamente nello spazio antistante il naos. Tutte presentano il nome ed  il patronimico da una parte ,ed un numero ordinale  e la voce tribù dall'altra..
Sicuramente si trattava di vere e proprie carte d'indentità dei cittadini maschli poi deposte all'interno del tempio quando, mutando le condizioni poitiche, ovvero cessata la fase repubblicana, vennero conservate perchè non più utili.

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Among the wonderful pieces collected at the archaeological museum in Camarina (Ragusa): the identity cards of our great Greek ancestors!
Exactly 153 little rectangular strips of lead , dated Vth b.C. ,have been founded in the area corresponding to the temple of Athena, close to where the cella was.
Every piece shows the name of the owner  and his father's name on one side,and an ordinal number and the word "tribe" on the other.
They were the identity cards of the male population ,then put aside when, democracy ended and they were no more useful.

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