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 INSCRIPTIONS xHx parison ' are fixed in the earlier quota lists at 15 talents 5,030 drachmae, in the fragments of quota lists supposed to be later and in the ra^t? 6pov at 23 talents 500 drachmae. This is the whole sum imposed upon seventeen cities, of which nine are found in the quota lists, seven in the ra^ts ^o/Dou, and one in both ; the increase being confined entirely to the quota lists, which show a rise from 13 talents to 20 talents 2,000 drachmae, while in the ra^ts ff)6pov compared with the earlier quota lists there is on the whole a very slight decrease, viz. from 2 talents 5,530 drachmae to 2 talents 5,500 drachmae. But the entire calculation rests on an insufficient basis, the names and payments legible being only 17 out of 68. Lastly, we have the Island tribute, which is obtained from the comparison of the rafts <^opou alone with the earlier quota lists. From this comparison we find that the tribute is about doubled ; it increases from 51 talents 4,800 drachmae to 109 talents 5,000 drachmae", and several small cities or islands, appearing in no previous list, some of which probably contributed before 425 in combination with larger places, are assessed at a sum of a little over 6 talents, besides Melos, assessed at 15 talents. But here again the comparison rests on insufficient grounds, though considerably fuller than any of those w^hich have preceded. For the names and assessments of 16 places out of 26^ are still legible. And this is in fact the main argument : 'The I'vjo-iwTiKos (t>6po<;, of which not quite two-thirds has been preserved to us, is more than doubled ; the accounts of the other tributaries, if they were preserved, would show that they had been raised in a nearly similar proportion ' ' lalysus cannot fairly be taken into account, see Busolt, Rhein. Mus. 41, p. 700. 2 Omitting both Chalcis and Eretria, the previous payment of which is not quite certain, but including Siphnos, which Busolt omits. 2 Omitting from Kirchhoff's list Hestiaea and Aegina (now cleruchies), and Lemnos ( = Hephaestia and Myrina), but adding Geraestus. containing sums actually paid by eight of the Islands has been assigned
 * [An interesting fragment of a quota list (C. I. A. iv. Suppl. iii.272/),