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Pinakes
"Pinakes" may be plural of pinax, a votive tablet that served as a votive object deposited in a sanctuary or burial chamber.

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Imaginary depiction of the library of Alexandria]] The Pinakes ( Ancient Greek: "tables", plural of ) was a bibliographic work composed by Callimachus (310/305–240 BCE) that is popularly considered to be the first library catalog; its contents were based upon the holdings of the Library of Alexandria during Callimachus' tenure there during the third century BCE.

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