Papers of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (6.1890-1897 (1897))

76 INSCRIPTIONS DISCOVERED Al ERETRIA.

len in Papers of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens,
vol. iv, p. 45 seq.), it is venturesome to try to make anything more
than plain prose out of this first line.

There was once a fourth line of the inscription, but it was subse-
quently entirely erased, except the name, Aioyivvs. The cutting may
have been done by more unskilful hands than some others of the same
age; but even with this allowance the stone seemed to bear upon its
face marks of antiquity. § and M are very much spread out; 0 and 0
are smaller than the other letters.

Besides the grave-inscriptions, three small fragments apparently of
a psephisma were found in the excavations about the stage in the theatre.
The forms of the letters seem to make the inscription as early as the
fourth century. The follow ing is a copy :

33. 0

A r4 A E . . . h1
TQHA . . _U
TOA E MAPX
5. iMHr^ ! A I T
TOO EAT POh1
fiA E I HOST
_ I HE.'TOO
OA EM
10. OYHT
01E

Between N and A, line 5, if the first letter is iota, there is room for one
more letter in the break.

Very little can be made out of this inscription, except TroXe/xapy^o^
line 4, to dearpop line 6, perhaps \_7r\aiXeiv &>o-t[e] line 7, \_7ra>\e]iv
e[t'?] to 8\ea,Tpov~\ line 8, [7r]o\6/i[ap^09] line 9.

Possibly the inscription has reference to the sale of some propert}'
by an officer called polemarch in the theatre, or for some use connected
with the theatre.

Rufus B. Richardson.

EXCAVATIONS IN THE THEATRE OF ERETRIA.

At the end of January, 1891, Dr. Waldstein and I went to Eretria,
and, as soon as the weather permitted, the excavation of the theatre
there being placed in my charge by Dr. Waldstein, work was begun.