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source date: Probably fourth quarter of the fifth century BC
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[...], p. 153, n. 23, fig. 4, 23 and p. 144, whence [...], 60.1841.6; [...] 112900.

Cf. [...], p. 185-187.

λάχος

Portion tirée au sort[^1]Légumes verts.

[^1: ou]

Allotted portion[^2] Vegetables.

[^2: or]

Parte avuta dalla sorte[^3] Erbe.

[^3: o]

The rare word λάχος is ambiguous, because there are two homonyms. The best known word, related to the verb λαγχάνω, means 'allotted portion' and was commented by Marengo with reference to Xenophon's Anab. V, 3,9: τῶν θυομένων ἀπὸ τῆς ἱερᾶς νομῆς λάχος, the context showing that it referred to an 'allotted portion' of the sacrificial meat. There is no clear hint for bloody sacrifices on the agora, but the meaning 'portion' does not necessarily imply 'of meat'.

As an alternative, the existence of another λάχος meaning 'vegetables' like the derived form λάχανον is now known from an inscription in Larisa (see [...], p. 132, l. 51). Such an offering would perhaps fit Demeter's function as goddess of agriculture. A. Santucci (private communication to C. Dobias-Lalou) informs that in spite of the vicinity the sherd was not related to the sanctuary of the Anax. However it is neither clear that it was related to the sanctuary of Demeter and Kore because such sherds were re-used as filling under the pavement of the agora.