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KN I DOS.
DCCCLXXXV.
On a fragment of white marble ; height 4} in. ; length 9} in.; thickness 2J in.
ΧΡΗΣΤΑ Χρηστά
ΧΑΙΡΕ χαφ€.
Some faint traces of letters remain above the two lines.
The British Museum contains almost all the in-
scriptions that have been discovered at Knidos ; the
few exceptions have been quoted above passim. It
may, however, be useful to subjoin a short list of
them and a few additional remarks for those who
may desire to study further the monuments and
history of the town.
1. Fragment of a decree of 22 lines in honour
of a certain Parasitas, much resembling our No.
dcclxxxvii, but shown to be more ancient by some
peculiarities of dialect pointed out to me by Bechtel.
It was found at Nisyros and has been published by
M. Dubois, Bull, de Corr. Hell, vii, 1883, P· 485.
2. A letter of 39 lines from the Emperor Augustus,
written in the year 13-12 b. c., and discovered in
the island of Astypalaea. It contains a decision
in a suit brought against Euboulos and his wife
Tryphera, because a second Euboulos had been killed
by a vase which a slave had thrown out of the
window of the house of the defendant. The decision
was against the plaintiff, as the evidence of Gallus
Asinius proved that the deceased Euboulos had been
the aggressor. See Bull, de Corr. Hell, vii, 1883,
p. 62 foil.; compare Mommsen, Rom. Geschichte V2,
p. 325 note.
3. Inscription for a statue of Aurelia Eirene,
daughter of Neikadas, wife of M. Aur. Eudoxos
decreed by the Boule and Demos, and erected by her
husband. C. I. Gr. No. 2653 ; see ante, No.
DCCXC.
4. Inscription for a statue of C. Iul. Theupompos,
erected by Maarkos Aifikios Apollonios, and dedi-
cated to Apollo Karneios. Waddington-Le Bas,
No. 1572 ; see ante, No. dccci.
5. Σεβαστού, on a large slab near a temple in the
town. Waddington-Le Bas, No. 1573.
6. Eight sepulchral inscriptions, Waddington-Le
Bas, Nos. 1574-1581.
7. Two small inscriptions, the one sepulchral, the
other a dedication to Hermes by a damiurgos, Arch.
Epigr. Mittheil. aus Oesterreich, 1891, p. 48.
8. More than two thousand Knidian amphora-
handles with names stamped on them; see C. I. Gr.
iii, pp. xvi-xviii, and Nos. 5380 b, 5497 b, 5619 e,
compare No. 2449; iv, p. 257 foil., No. 8518 ii.
A. Dumont, Archives des Missions Scientifiques et
Litteraires, 11 ser. vol. vi, p. 125 foil.
9. Fifteen leaden tablets inscribed with dirae, in
the British Museum, published by Newton, Discov.
pp. 719-745, Nos. 81-95; Collitz und Bechtel, Gr.
Dialekt-Inschriften, iii, p. 233 ; see ante, p. 18.
For the Knidian magistrate δαμίουρ-γός, see ante,
No. dcclxxxvii ; the title also occurs upon amphora-
handles, on which, however, the φρούραρχος is much
more frequently found ; a few are signed by the
πολέμαρχος and the άγορανόμος. The inscription from
Kalymna ante, vol. 11, No. ccxcix (compare Dareste,
Bull, de Corr. Hell, x, p. 235 foil.) gives in a broken
line (b. line 4) παρα τούς KvlSlwv στρ . . ; as already
remarked by Newton, it is doubtful whether the last
word should be read στρ[αταγούς ?
For the coins see Eckhel, D. N. vol. ii, 579 foil.;
Head, Historia Numorum, p. 523 foil.; Mionnet,
Description, vol. iii, p. 339 foil.; Supplem. vol. vi,
p. 480 foil.
For the site and ruins see Beaufort, Caramania2,
p. 81, with plate; Leake, Ionian Antiquities, vol. iii,
p. 1 foil, with plates ; Hamilton, Researches in Asia
Minor, vol. ii, p. 39 foil.; C. T. Newton, Discov.
p. 346 foil., pls. xlix-lxxiv; the same, Travels in
the Levant, vol. ii, p. 257 foil. ; O. Benndorf, Reisen
in Lykien, vol. i, p. 16 foil.
A good panoramic view has been published by
Laborde, Voyage en Asie Mineure, pls. Ii, lii.
For the whole peninsula see Spratt, in ‘Archae-
ologia,’ vol. xlix, 1886, p. 345 foil. Compare Ad-
miralty chart, No. 1553.
KN I DOS.
DCCCLXXXV.
On a fragment of white marble ; height 4} in. ; length 9} in.; thickness 2J in.
ΧΡΗΣΤΑ Χρηστά
ΧΑΙΡΕ χαφ€.
Some faint traces of letters remain above the two lines.
The British Museum contains almost all the in-
scriptions that have been discovered at Knidos ; the
few exceptions have been quoted above passim. It
may, however, be useful to subjoin a short list of
them and a few additional remarks for those who
may desire to study further the monuments and
history of the town.
1. Fragment of a decree of 22 lines in honour
of a certain Parasitas, much resembling our No.
dcclxxxvii, but shown to be more ancient by some
peculiarities of dialect pointed out to me by Bechtel.
It was found at Nisyros and has been published by
M. Dubois, Bull, de Corr. Hell, vii, 1883, P· 485.
2. A letter of 39 lines from the Emperor Augustus,
written in the year 13-12 b. c., and discovered in
the island of Astypalaea. It contains a decision
in a suit brought against Euboulos and his wife
Tryphera, because a second Euboulos had been killed
by a vase which a slave had thrown out of the
window of the house of the defendant. The decision
was against the plaintiff, as the evidence of Gallus
Asinius proved that the deceased Euboulos had been
the aggressor. See Bull, de Corr. Hell, vii, 1883,
p. 62 foil.; compare Mommsen, Rom. Geschichte V2,
p. 325 note.
3. Inscription for a statue of Aurelia Eirene,
daughter of Neikadas, wife of M. Aur. Eudoxos
decreed by the Boule and Demos, and erected by her
husband. C. I. Gr. No. 2653 ; see ante, No.
DCCXC.
4. Inscription for a statue of C. Iul. Theupompos,
erected by Maarkos Aifikios Apollonios, and dedi-
cated to Apollo Karneios. Waddington-Le Bas,
No. 1572 ; see ante, No. dccci.
5. Σεβαστού, on a large slab near a temple in the
town. Waddington-Le Bas, No. 1573.
6. Eight sepulchral inscriptions, Waddington-Le
Bas, Nos. 1574-1581.
7. Two small inscriptions, the one sepulchral, the
other a dedication to Hermes by a damiurgos, Arch.
Epigr. Mittheil. aus Oesterreich, 1891, p. 48.
8. More than two thousand Knidian amphora-
handles with names stamped on them; see C. I. Gr.
iii, pp. xvi-xviii, and Nos. 5380 b, 5497 b, 5619 e,
compare No. 2449; iv, p. 257 foil., No. 8518 ii.
A. Dumont, Archives des Missions Scientifiques et
Litteraires, 11 ser. vol. vi, p. 125 foil.
9. Fifteen leaden tablets inscribed with dirae, in
the British Museum, published by Newton, Discov.
pp. 719-745, Nos. 81-95; Collitz und Bechtel, Gr.
Dialekt-Inschriften, iii, p. 233 ; see ante, p. 18.
For the Knidian magistrate δαμίουρ-γός, see ante,
No. dcclxxxvii ; the title also occurs upon amphora-
handles, on which, however, the φρούραρχος is much
more frequently found ; a few are signed by the
πολέμαρχος and the άγορανόμος. The inscription from
Kalymna ante, vol. 11, No. ccxcix (compare Dareste,
Bull, de Corr. Hell, x, p. 235 foil.) gives in a broken
line (b. line 4) παρα τούς KvlSlwv στρ . . ; as already
remarked by Newton, it is doubtful whether the last
word should be read στρ[αταγούς ?
For the coins see Eckhel, D. N. vol. ii, 579 foil.;
Head, Historia Numorum, p. 523 foil.; Mionnet,
Description, vol. iii, p. 339 foil.; Supplem. vol. vi,
p. 480 foil.
For the site and ruins see Beaufort, Caramania2,
p. 81, with plate; Leake, Ionian Antiquities, vol. iii,
p. 1 foil, with plates ; Hamilton, Researches in Asia
Minor, vol. ii, p. 39 foil.; C. T. Newton, Discov.
p. 346 foil., pls. xlix-lxxiv; the same, Travels in
the Levant, vol. ii, p. 257 foil. ; O. Benndorf, Reisen
in Lykien, vol. i, p. 16 foil.
A good panoramic view has been published by
Laborde, Voyage en Asie Mineure, pls. Ii, lii.
For the whole peninsula see Spratt, in ‘Archae-
ologia,’ vol. xlix, 1886, p. 345 foil. Compare Ad-
miralty chart, No. 1553.