Clarke, Joseph Thacher ; Bacon, Francis H.; Koldewey, Robert: Investigations at Assos: expedition of the Archaeological Institute of America ; drawings and photographs of the buildings and objects discovered during the excavations of 1881, 1882, 1883 (Part I - V) (London, 1902-1921)

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INVESTIGATIONS AT ASSOS

This inscription and the one preceding probably date from
the reign of Tiberias or about the beginning of the Christian
era.

Igj By
th rco kh
Ahzezt
GJ NTE T
A?GJN


Fig. i. Graffito
Roughly Scratched on Plaster of Eastern Chamber of Roman
Bath. The Background is Painted Red and Black

may be concealed in the first two characters ; so that we
might possibly read . . TrvTppLa' Kif-rf [^■JecrT&jr' refer) apcor1 i. e. . .
TTorr/pta. kvXi£ feerrwp Teaaapaiv.
J. R. S. S.
In the wall of a Byzantine church, south of the Bazaar was
a late inscription (see Fig. 2) : —
+ 'Em/sekius
EXXoStov
7rpecr/3[vTepos] K][e]7To-
Xwevd^ifez'os].
Ke tov v-yeLOv [= viov] avrov Aovrecapov
“ By the care of Helladios, elder and statesman, and his son Lon-
kianos.”
This records some ornamentation or repairs done by the
care of Helladius and his son Lucian.

Note. — All the letters appear plain except the third,
which can hardly he B as given in the margin of the plate.
The meaning of the inscription is wholly uncertain. The
beginning may be some proper name in the dative, or in the
genitive in w, perhaps preceded by the interjection ’Iw. After
this, g&rrwv Te(<r)dpwv might mean a tumor of [containing^
four pints.
Mr. W. M. Ramsay suggests that the third character may
be 7r, and the eighth lu for ta, and that a numeral (8vw or rpia)



Fig. 2. Late Inscription
From Wall of Byzantine Church



FOUND SECOND CROSS
From east Room n°I2




NOS2.3 4.S ROUGH CONSOLES,
TEN OF THESE WERE FOUND
SCATTERED OVER SITE OF
SLIGHTLY VARYING DIMENSIONS

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1.37

N°3


<-•-1.27

<- 1.0
N°4


<-•- 1.31

P3


Fig. 4. Existing Fragments
From Bazaar at Assos



Fig. 3

The Bazaar at Alinda
(From Photographs)

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