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B12E %EV h k ~ 7p0k &Oav&rout:This is to be normal sacrifice "as to the gods," but the last sentence of the text, ccpackro 6' Cc y&v, literally "Let him pierce the throat so (that the blood pours) into the earth," specifies a modification. I t has been supposed that in those rites such as oath sacrifice, in which emphasis was put on blood, and sacrifices to the dead, to heroes, and to chthonic gods, the head of the victim was held down so that the blood would pour down onto the earth (cf. Ziehen 1929: 1671).
O n the who e, the writing on the lex sacra gives a somewhat more old-fashioned impression. (2) A boustrophedon bronze tablet in ei ht fragments at Olympia, very likely recording an agreement between ~eyinousand a group of exiles being repatriated, is certainly earlier in style than the lex sacra, even though the individual letter forms are very similar Ueffery-Johnston 1990: 271,276, no. 36; Arena 1989: no. 52; Dubois 1989: no. 28). 403) who dates it to the late sixth o r early fifth century. Neither beta (unless possibly at f 6) norxi appear on the fragments.
Rov). ritual (LSSupp. 115 B 36f, bnoG~{&p~vov A LEX SACRA FROM SELINOUS 42 The hos itality consists of providing three items: water with which to wash, a me$ and salt. The verb &roviy/ac0ai, in the middle, is washing to be done by the guest. In the Odyssey, water with which to wash precedes setting out food for the entertainment of a visitor (cf: Od. 91-95, and Arend 1933: 68-72, 124 on the relevant Homeric type-scenes). Cf. 12 infra); cf: also LSSnpp. 115 A 30 (Kyrene): the man who has removed all trace of inappropriate animals sacrificed on an altar must wash himself.