Ancient Inscription Reveals Toponyms and Tribes of Ancient Tinos

The scientific database Inscriptiones Graecae includes an ancient text under the designation "IG XII,5 872" regarding a notary transaction in ancient Tinos. This inscription records real estate sales and dowry donations during the term of office of the local ruler Ameinolas, specifying prices in drachmas.

This public record preserves a total of 17 toponyms and 11 tribes of ancient Tinos, where citizens were strictly identified by their name, patronymic, and tribe. Among these ancient locations, only two have survived almost unchanged to this day: Panormos and Komi, the latter of which is mentioned as the starting point of a public road leading to Elaeous.

The text also documents agricultural, production, and hydraulic infrastructure, such as towers, pithoi, milling equipment, farming tools, and water usage rights. Additionally, religious associations such as the Koinon of Damuidae and the Koinon of Theoxeniastae are recorded as participants in these real estate transactions.