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ἀποδεικνύντα (sc. τινα): ‘that a man might by assigning ... on these terms’ (οὕτω).

τήνδε ... ζημίην. If H.'s account be right, this ‘penalty’ is the real point of the law; the ‘whole grave’ was transferred to the creditor, though he could not disturb mummies already placed in it. But Erman (R. 190) thinks that the reference may be really to the perpetual charge of graves vested in the class of χοαχύται, who were paid a stipend; these charges were hereditary sources of profit, and so could be alienated or pledged by their holders.

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