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   A inscription, στηλῶν on stones, Th.2.43, cf. Arist.Mir.843b17, J.AJ15.8.1; on a vase, BCH6.6 (Delos, ii B.C.); on statues, Plb.5.9.3.    2. title of a work, Id.3.9.3, Luc.Hist.Conscr.30, etc.    3. name of a ship, OGI447 (i B.C.).    4. ascription of a deed to its author, credit or honour of a thing, τὴν ἐ. τινος λαβεῖν Plb.1.31.4, cf. PSI4.424.9 (iii B.C.); ἀπενέγκασθαι D.S.16.50.cf.Jul.Caes.322d.    5. insertion, interlineation in a document, PLond.2.178.13 ii A.D.), PRyl.316.2 (pl., ii A.D.).    II. description of parties in pleadings,Is.4.2.    2. registration of property for taxation, in pl., Isoc.17.41 codd. (v. foreg.).    3. impost, tax, PSI5.510.11 (iii B.C.); assessment, POxy.1445.8(ii A.D.), etc.    4. requisition, ὑποζυγίων BCH46.309 (Teos).