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English: The inscription reads:

[καὶ τὸν Ἡρακλε]- α καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους [θεοὺς τοὺς τὴν νῆ]- σογ κατέχοντας, εὐορκοῦντ[ι μέν μοι εὖ] εἴη, ἐφιορκοῦντι δὲ τἀναντία τῶν [ἀγαθῶν]· ἐὰν δέ τις βιασόμενος αἶγας εἰσάγ[ειν ἢ] τρέφειν ἐν τῆι νήσωι παρὰ τόδε τὸ ψήφι[σ]- μα καὶ τὸν ὅρκον τῶγ κωλυόντων τινὰς κτείνει, ἐπεξιόντων αὐτὸν οἵ τε προσ- ήκοντες τοῦ παθόντος καὶ τὸ κοινὸν τῶν νησιωτῶν ἅπαν· ὅ τι δ’ ἂν εἰς τὴγ κρίσιν ἀνήλωμα γίνηται, τὸ μέρος ἕκαστον εἰσ- [φ]έρειν· ἀναγράψαι δὲ τόδε τὸ ψήφισμα τὸν [ἱ]εροποιὸν Ἐπιστροφίδη<ν> εἰς στήλην λιθί- νηγ καὶ στῆσαι εἰς τὸ Μητρῶιον· τὸ δὲ ἀνή- λωμα τὸ εἰς τὴν στήληγ καὶ τὴν ἀναγρα- φὴν ἔστω ἀπὸ τοῦ κοινοῦ. ταῦτα δ’ εἶναι εἴς τε φυλακὴγ καὶ σωτηρίαν Ἡρακλειωτῶν πάντωγ καὶ τῶν οἰκούντω[ν ἐν τῆι νήσωι].

In English: "[… I swear by … and Heraklē]s and the other [gods] who hold sway over the island, and if I keep to my oath, may it turn out [well] for me, and if I break my oath may it turn to the opposite. If someone, in trying by force to introduce goats or to raise them, in contravention of this decree and the oath, should kill some men among those who try to prevent it, let the relatives of the victim and the whole commonwealth of the islanders prosecute him; as for whatever expense is incurred for the judgment, let everyone contribute his share; and let the hieropoios inscribe this decree on a stone stele and set it up in the shrine of the Mother of the Gods; let the expense of the stele and the inscription come out of the public treasury. These matters are to be considered as concerning the protection and safety of all the Herakleiotes and of the inhabitants [of the island]."

John Ma describes the inscription as follows: "As analyzed in a luminous article by French historian Louis Robert, the inscribed document, datable to the first half of the third century BCE on paleographical grounds, preserves the end of a momentous decision by a political community, the Herakleiotes. In a formal meeting (the details of which are now lost), framed by the working of their institutions, the Herakleiotes decided not to keep goats on the island. They further took care of the implementation of this decision, through the imposition of an oath to respect the decision (this is where the preserved text starts). They also offered the guarantee of communal prosecution in case any attempt at stopping the introduction of goats onto the island resulted in death."

Inscriptiones Graecae 12.7.509
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Source Delamarre, J. 1902. “Un nouveau document relatif à la confédération des Cyclades.” RevPhil 26.3:291–300.
Author Jules Delamarre (1896-1909)

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3rd century BC Greek inscription detailing a decision to forbid goats on Irakleia.

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