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Excavations at Naukratis.
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Naukratis in the reign of Psammetichos I. I am not proposing to discuss
the historical evidence. My object has been merely to show the
groundlessness of the prevalent impression that the discoveries made at
Naukratis present an insuperable obstacle to our accepting the statements
of Herodotus that it was Amasis who settled the Greeks in Naukratis
(and confined them to Naukratis), and that all the Tefiivrj date from his
reign.1
2.
Facsimiles of a large number of inscribed vase-fragments excavated
this year will be found on Pis. IV. and V. They are arranged, as far
as convenient, according to fabric. For their bearing on the identification
of temple sites I refer to Mr. Hogarth's paper. It is unnecessary to
state the provenance of each separate inscription : the only thing I need
mention is that the dedications to Aphrodite, where it is not stated other-
wise in the notes, come from the lately discovered shrine at the north end
of the site.
Among the inscribed fragments not published are a great many base-
marks of the same character as Naukr. i. PI. XXXIII., XXXIV.passim.
Nos. 1-19 are on howls of the same shape as Naukr. i. PI. x., 11. These bowls are orna-
mented on the outside with bands of brown-black paint; the inside is covered with a black glaze
over which a few bands of red are painted at intervals. The fabric is Naukratite, as is partly
proved by the fact that several of the dedications are painted, e.g. No. I. On Nos. 2-5 the
dedication is incised on the outside, but as a rule it is found on the inside of these vases.
1. . . i.v([Br\K(v.. Painted in white on the black glaze.
2. 0f[o?<ri . . ?
3. 'HpaK[\eos.
4. a and b. fie a[j<e]0wc[e. .
1 The position of the refievos of Apollo, enclosed as it is at either end by other reficvr), is
against its having been the centre of a Milesian colony before the coming of the Samians and the
other Greeks, and is more in accord with the view that the various grants of land for the building of
temples were made about the same time.
As was suggested by Prof. Hirschfeld, we may draw a distinction between the temples founded
and frequented by the traders who went to and fro between Naukratis and their native cities and the
temples of the permanent inhabitants ; although no doubt the distinction would tend to become
obliterated as more people from the various Greek cities settled in Egypt. The temple of Aphro-
dite was certainly of the latter kind ; dedications on the local pottery were wonderfully abundant
here, many of them being painted, i.e. made to order, and the goddess is entitled " the Aphrodite
of Naukratis." According to Herodotus the temple of Apollo was of the former class ; and with
this statement accords the fact that the god is constantly named "the Milesian Apollo," as
though the temple in Naukratis were a branch office, so to say, of the great temple at home
lather than the religious centre of a new colony.
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Naukratis in the reign of Psammetichos I. I am not proposing to discuss
the historical evidence. My object has been merely to show the
groundlessness of the prevalent impression that the discoveries made at
Naukratis present an insuperable obstacle to our accepting the statements
of Herodotus that it was Amasis who settled the Greeks in Naukratis
(and confined them to Naukratis), and that all the Tefiivrj date from his
reign.1
2.
Facsimiles of a large number of inscribed vase-fragments excavated
this year will be found on Pis. IV. and V. They are arranged, as far
as convenient, according to fabric. For their bearing on the identification
of temple sites I refer to Mr. Hogarth's paper. It is unnecessary to
state the provenance of each separate inscription : the only thing I need
mention is that the dedications to Aphrodite, where it is not stated other-
wise in the notes, come from the lately discovered shrine at the north end
of the site.
Among the inscribed fragments not published are a great many base-
marks of the same character as Naukr. i. PI. XXXIII., XXXIV.passim.
Nos. 1-19 are on howls of the same shape as Naukr. i. PI. x., 11. These bowls are orna-
mented on the outside with bands of brown-black paint; the inside is covered with a black glaze
over which a few bands of red are painted at intervals. The fabric is Naukratite, as is partly
proved by the fact that several of the dedications are painted, e.g. No. I. On Nos. 2-5 the
dedication is incised on the outside, but as a rule it is found on the inside of these vases.
1. . . i.v([Br\K(v.. Painted in white on the black glaze.
2. 0f[o?<ri . . ?
3. 'HpaK[\eos.
4. a and b. fie a[j<e]0wc[e. .
1 The position of the refievos of Apollo, enclosed as it is at either end by other reficvr), is
against its having been the centre of a Milesian colony before the coming of the Samians and the
other Greeks, and is more in accord with the view that the various grants of land for the building of
temples were made about the same time.
As was suggested by Prof. Hirschfeld, we may draw a distinction between the temples founded
and frequented by the traders who went to and fro between Naukratis and their native cities and the
temples of the permanent inhabitants ; although no doubt the distinction would tend to become
obliterated as more people from the various Greek cities settled in Egypt. The temple of Aphro-
dite was certainly of the latter kind ; dedications on the local pottery were wonderfully abundant
here, many of them being painted, i.e. made to order, and the goddess is entitled " the Aphrodite
of Naukratis." According to Herodotus the temple of Apollo was of the former class ; and with
this statement accords the fact that the god is constantly named "the Milesian Apollo," as
though the temple in Naukratis were a branch office, so to say, of the great temple at home
lather than the religious centre of a new colony.