16. SEG XXXVIII 786 Rhodes. Lindus. Sacrificial Regulations. Ca. 250 B.C.

A fragment of a mottled gray plaque of Lartian stone, found in March 1982 lying in the yard of a private house. This fragment is very close to a number of Rhodian sacred laws which may generally be described as calendar extracts, commonly listing the recipient divinity and the animal to be sacrificed; the officiant and the motive or occasion for the sacrifice are typically not mentioned. The major difference between the calendar extracts and the present fragment is its lack of a date. The fragment may be regarded as an independent document, and the fact that nothing was inscribed below the preserved text seems to corroborate this. Kostomitsopoulos' assumption that the stone could originally have been built into a wall or an altar is plausible.Keywords: Kostomitsopoulos; Lindus; Rhodes; Rhodian sacred law; SEG XXXVIII 786