Bronze juror's identification ticket
Inscribed "Epikrates of the deme [political district] of Scambonidae"
Each Athenian citizen on jury duty for a given year was issued a bronze plaque carrying an official stamp and his name. On the day of a trial, the prospective jurors appeared before a magistrate in charge of selecting a jury and their plaques were placed in a device that ensured random selection.
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