One of the best preserved documents of ancient Greek jurisprudence from the fifth century BC. The Romans probably built these stone tablets only for decorative purposes in their Odeon ((theater), since one can assume that they could not read these texts.

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Frank-Michael Lichte

May 23, 2019

On a tour to the old hippie refuge Matala you should definitely make a detour to the Titus chapel and the stone tablets with the legal text of Gortis.

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Anderl

May 15, 2024

Oldest legal text in Europe - wittily carved - completely even and straight (!) but "like the ox ploughs" one line the "right" way, the next one the other way.

Unfortunately I haven't found the wording anywhere.

Further details:

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadtrecht_von_Gortys

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