Özet:

TAM V 1, 464 is a typical confession-inscription from Lydia, relating to the case of Hermo-genes, son of Apollonios, who had perjured himself in a trial concerning the sheep of a certain Kaikos. The god punished Hermogenes by killing his animals and later on his daughter, before the culprit finally repented and his family errected the stele. Apart from offering a new reading of the name in l. 3 this article provides a juridical analysis of the controversy between the two men. The matter in dispute seems to have been a question of custody of livestock entrusted to Hermogenes. The procedure shows the application of an assertory oath imposed on Hermo-genes. By swearing this oath Hermogenes was freed of any civil obligation towards Kaikos, but in the end the god, who knew of the perjury, took revenge and thus forced him to admit his guilt.

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