Classical Pottery

Fichas de voto, Fichas de bronce

These disks were used to cast a juror's vote on a case. They would cover up the top when submitting their secret vote, which if closed meant innocent and open (left bottom) meant guilty, or there was a hole in the soul. Ca. 300 BC. Ancient Agora Museum in Athens.

Fichas de voto, de bronce, utilizadas sobre todo por los jurados de la Heliea. 

Inscripción: ΨΗΦΟΣ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΑ, «voto público».

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These disks were used to cast a juror's vote on a case. They would cover up the top when
submitting their secret vote, which if closed meant innocent and open (left bottom) meant guilty,
or there was a hole in the soul.

Ca. 300 BC. Ancient Agora Museum in Athens.

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