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NAUKRA.TIS.
way corresponds to what we know of the
iEolic of Lesbos. Twice also a peculiar for-
mula of dedication, K&Od-qKe, is found. Putting
all these facts together, we may without rash-
ness conclude that we have here specimens of
the Lesbian dialect and alphabet. These are of
the greatest importance, as no inscriptions were
before known from that island of a date prior
to the prevalence of the Ionic alphabet. "We
may now thus record the Lesbian alphabet; it
seems to have no peculiar forms.
a 5 e ff 0 i k \ /* V Obi p a- T <£
A.-AlTi..8IKNMyv-O.PST.®$
As regards dialect, the most important fact
to notice is that a double aspirate is used
wherever possible; thus we should probably
write in Sappho's poems Sacpcjiui (or Wa<p<pa>),
Kaxxeerai, &c. For these inscriptions are, per-
haps, within 50 years of the date of Sappho's
writing, and so supply by far the most trust-
worthy evidence now to be found as to her
orthography. It is very remarkable that no F
appears; we should certainly have expected
one in Ma\deis; cf. Maleventum.
Stone ; inscriptions incised. 794, 795.
794 is on the back of a limestone statuette,
representing a female figure. IIo\veppo<s
795 is on the edge of a limestone dish, found
just outside the temenos on the west; the
third line is inside the dish,
.Ei]? Na[y]Kpa.TLV [a<j)iK6pei>]o<; ['./4<£poSmj]i
Kal 9 °[s avedrjKev. This is of great importance,
from the scarcity of inscriptions that mention
the name of the town.
Black and red bowls, mostly plain ; inscriptions
incised. 796-826.
796. 3Ave]dT)K[a>
797. T^poSijVfl
798. A(t>pl<s <pikr\_pov (?) 'A^po^irrj.
799. '/2Xi\os (?) pdve0VKe. It is doubtful
whether the name is complete or not; in any
case it is curious.
800. . . . /3pa.TO)v p,e K[ddr)Ke. This is not
Ionic, if rightly read; it resembles the My-
tilenaean we recently met with.
801. *E\e [o-ijSios.
%Brn
802. 'Acf>po]$LTaL. Again non-Ionic.
803. Part of a name ?
804. 'Hpay6pe[y<i] | T7#/)o[Sj,t] \ r, 6. . . This
was found near the top of the excavations, and
probably does not belong to the remains of the
first temple; but it can hardly, from the forms
of the letters, be later than the fifth century,
b.o. If so, it is interesting, as showing, per-
haps, the earliest known example of true liga-
tures. (Those of Amorgos are, at least, doubtful,
and even if the connecting lines be part of the
inscription as intended, they do not produce
true ligatures, since the letters combined do not
become integral parts of one another.)
805. Tetcr(x[ju,ei'OS
806. .'l(r]rtatos a[vedr)Kev . . .?
807. 'A(j)poSC]Ta 6 M. . . . Non-Ionic.
808. $i/]\A.ts av[4drjKe.v.
809. Part of a name ?
810. . . . \7ra a[ye0r)Kev.
811. Part of a name ?
812. 'AfpobLifa
813. . . . 7J-OS AlO. . . .
814. 'A(ppoK][ra 6 Ke\_. . . .—not d Keios ;
the dialect precludes such a restoration.
814*. . . . 6V7)<S t\tJ 'A<ppO$LT7)
815. Meya/cX'rjs
816. TpaCKos
817. 'O StLva] Kal X[pva]6Scop6<s pe av£0\r)Kav.
818. IlauSrjpa); sc. ' A(f>po8irrj. This dedi-
cation is arranged on a fragment in such a way
that it appears to have been incised after the
vase was broken. Perhaps the sherd was used
as a label for some articles that would not
themselves bear an inscription.
819. ^]a«-pt[To]s p | <xve[0r)]Ke ovppo-
\0~y^ | ['Os] TflKppoSC I \t7)
820. O Selua due0rjKe]v rfj 'A<ppo$LTr).
821. n~]avhr,pV ; cf. 818.
NAUKRA.TIS.
way corresponds to what we know of the
iEolic of Lesbos. Twice also a peculiar for-
mula of dedication, K&Od-qKe, is found. Putting
all these facts together, we may without rash-
ness conclude that we have here specimens of
the Lesbian dialect and alphabet. These are of
the greatest importance, as no inscriptions were
before known from that island of a date prior
to the prevalence of the Ionic alphabet. "We
may now thus record the Lesbian alphabet; it
seems to have no peculiar forms.
a 5 e ff 0 i k \ /* V Obi p a- T <£
A.-AlTi..8IKNMyv-O.PST.®$
As regards dialect, the most important fact
to notice is that a double aspirate is used
wherever possible; thus we should probably
write in Sappho's poems Sacpcjiui (or Wa<p<pa>),
Kaxxeerai, &c. For these inscriptions are, per-
haps, within 50 years of the date of Sappho's
writing, and so supply by far the most trust-
worthy evidence now to be found as to her
orthography. It is very remarkable that no F
appears; we should certainly have expected
one in Ma\deis; cf. Maleventum.
Stone ; inscriptions incised. 794, 795.
794 is on the back of a limestone statuette,
representing a female figure. IIo\veppo<s
795 is on the edge of a limestone dish, found
just outside the temenos on the west; the
third line is inside the dish,
.Ei]? Na[y]Kpa.TLV [a<j)iK6pei>]o<; ['./4<£poSmj]i
Kal 9 °[s avedrjKev. This is of great importance,
from the scarcity of inscriptions that mention
the name of the town.
Black and red bowls, mostly plain ; inscriptions
incised. 796-826.
796. 3Ave]dT)K[a>
797. T^poSijVfl
798. A(t>pl<s <pikr\_pov (?) 'A^po^irrj.
799. '/2Xi\os (?) pdve0VKe. It is doubtful
whether the name is complete or not; in any
case it is curious.
800. . . . /3pa.TO)v p,e K[ddr)Ke. This is not
Ionic, if rightly read; it resembles the My-
tilenaean we recently met with.
801. *E\e [o-ijSios.
%Brn
802. 'Acf>po]$LTaL. Again non-Ionic.
803. Part of a name ?
804. 'Hpay6pe[y<i] | T7#/)o[Sj,t] \ r, 6. . . This
was found near the top of the excavations, and
probably does not belong to the remains of the
first temple; but it can hardly, from the forms
of the letters, be later than the fifth century,
b.o. If so, it is interesting, as showing, per-
haps, the earliest known example of true liga-
tures. (Those of Amorgos are, at least, doubtful,
and even if the connecting lines be part of the
inscription as intended, they do not produce
true ligatures, since the letters combined do not
become integral parts of one another.)
805. Tetcr(x[ju,ei'OS
806. .'l(r]rtatos a[vedr)Kev . . .?
807. 'A(j)poSC]Ta 6 M. . . . Non-Ionic.
808. $i/]\A.ts av[4drjKe.v.
809. Part of a name ?
810. . . . \7ra a[ye0r)Kev.
811. Part of a name ?
812. 'AfpobLifa
813. . . . 7J-OS AlO. . . .
814. 'A(ppoK][ra 6 Ke\_. . . .—not d Keios ;
the dialect precludes such a restoration.
814*. . . . 6V7)<S t\tJ 'A<ppO$LT7)
815. Meya/cX'rjs
816. TpaCKos
817. 'O StLva] Kal X[pva]6Scop6<s pe av£0\r)Kav.
818. IlauSrjpa); sc. ' A(f>po8irrj. This dedi-
cation is arranged on a fragment in such a way
that it appears to have been incised after the
vase was broken. Perhaps the sherd was used
as a label for some articles that would not
themselves bear an inscription.
819. ^]a«-pt[To]s p | <xve[0r)]Ke ovppo-
\0~y^ | ['Os] TflKppoSC I \t7)
820. O Selua due0rjKe]v rfj 'A<ppo$LTr).
821. n~]avhr,pV ; cf. 818.