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NOTES ON THE GREEK GRAFFITI.
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CHAPTER VI.—NOTES ON THE GREEK GRAFFITI: PLATES XXXVIII-XL.
By J. Grafton Milne, M.A.
The Greek graffiti from the temple of Seti I at
Abydos have been copied on at least three occasions
before Mr. Garstang's visit: but no complete collec-
tion has ever been published. The earliest transcripts
of which I have any information were made by
H. Brugsch, and are among his papers at Gottingen,
as I learn from M. Seymour de Ricci, to whom I am
much indebted for several particulars in relation to
these inscriptions. He has further told me that the
note-books of Theodule Deveria, the second scholar
who copied the Abydos graffiti, are now in the posses-
sion of M. Frohner of Paris : some pages of them
were reproduced by photogravure in the Corpus
Inscription?im Semiticarum, vol. i, plates xvi and
xvii : none, however, of the texts included in the
present instalment of Mr. Garstang's copies appear on
those plates. In 1884 and 1886 Professor Sayce
made a careful study of the inscriptions, and pub-
lished a selection of his transcripts in the Proceedings
of the Society of Biblical Archeology, vol. x, pp.
377 ff.; to these copies, which were, unfortunately,
accompanied by very few facsimiles, references will
be given as necessary in the following list.
[In this catalogue I have assigned dates to most
of the graffiti. There are, however, such scanty
materials for classifying the Greek graffiti of Egypt
in any chronological sequence, that these dates must
be regarded as purely tentative.]
A. Chamber of Horns.
1. TaXarr]^ Ai^r/Tpio?. 3rd cent. B.C.
(Sayce, p. 381 : he quotes another graffito by two
Galatians in the same chamber, which does not seem
to have been found by Mr. Garstang, and connects
them with the force of Galatian mercenaries raised by
Ptolemy IV Philopator.)
2. A^/ao? apx^YeV???. 2nd cent. B.C.
3. Aaap^o? 'Wpaickea. 3rd cent. B.C.
(This may be an invocation of Herakles ; or
perhaps 'Hpaickeia should be read.)
4. Atcwucrio? I JLv/3ov\ov I 'A\a/3awSew? | r//c<w | tov
[Ei)]/3ouA,(o)u I ..........I ■ • • I T0 irpo\<TKvy7j\fia.
2nd cent. A.D.
(It is perhaps not impossible to make out of the
jumble of letters in the sixth and seventh lines tc
767pd/xfjiai {e)pLov 7r(aTpo?). But probably other
equally possible renderings could be suggested.)
5- A(/y\(.Tepo? I K\a[v]8tov | rjKU> ■ \ MvpriXr] ■ j
'Ap,fMovi.a . I AIyv7TTo[<;~\ \ 'Az/ • tjtov. 1st cent. A.D.
(The first and last two lines are scarcely in-
telligible.)
6. (a) A^^Tpto? I Ka,TT«pa>zw | kcCi 'Ap,p,a)via r]tcet
I 17 ArjfOTJTpiOV ■ I 'V6&CDV 'Ep/XLOV \ Kol HStCTTT; 7]K£l . \
(b) 'HpawcXet'S??? • | 'A7To[[7]]]WiMv{t)a. (a) 2nd cent. B.C.
(b) 1st cent. B.C.
7. Kpm'aj?] I ~Nl/C7] I <3?tA,{eo jrepa | • ava ■ ev 1st
cent. A.D.
8. cHpa/c\et<$77?. 2nd cent. B.C.
9. Ka^pa? 'Iacrt|So9 ........ | to 77'poaKvprj/xa
.... 1st cent. B.C.
10. 9HX&e^ I ''A7roXX.o\(pav'r]<i | . . . . | ....... |
^eparny \ irarepa. 2nd cent. A.D.
11. Tl\ovToyev7]<;. 1st cent. B.C.
12. QiXa.....I A7]/jb?]Tpia
'AX,e^av8pev<?. 3rd cent. B.C.
13. Xepcnriwv \ rjtcco 7rpo? Hepcnniy)
1st cent. A.D.
(Sayce, p. 381, reads ~Zepa7riwv r\Km %eppdTri\hb\
7rarep[(,] ; but what he takes to be the first p in %eppairi
seems to have no connection with the graffito.)
14. IIoo-(e)tSi<7r)7ro9. 3rd cent. B.C.
15. L ST <pa(p)p.ov%i e' I Ne«i> ] jS.app,iTnro[v]
Boiamo?. 2nd cent. B.C.
(Sayce, p. 381, reads Le (Pa/^ovecov Hapfiirnrov
BotwTto?. The first line, however, containing the
date, seems to be continued downwards.)
16. (a) AvaavSpos \ ij/cco. 1st cent. A.D.
(b) ©i^ptcn-^Ao? rj/coo. 1st cent. A.D.
(c) IlocretS&wio? j tjku>. 1st cent. A.D.
(d) IIw;? TjKw j p.€T 'AvTilyopa? \ fj,e§' v{l)cav \
L to" Me^ap I £'. Ist cent. B.C.
(In the first column the first and third lines seem
rLr)vwv YopSiov
Trcurep(a).
37
CHAPTER VI.—NOTES ON THE GREEK GRAFFITI: PLATES XXXVIII-XL.
By J. Grafton Milne, M.A.
The Greek graffiti from the temple of Seti I at
Abydos have been copied on at least three occasions
before Mr. Garstang's visit: but no complete collec-
tion has ever been published. The earliest transcripts
of which I have any information were made by
H. Brugsch, and are among his papers at Gottingen,
as I learn from M. Seymour de Ricci, to whom I am
much indebted for several particulars in relation to
these inscriptions. He has further told me that the
note-books of Theodule Deveria, the second scholar
who copied the Abydos graffiti, are now in the posses-
sion of M. Frohner of Paris : some pages of them
were reproduced by photogravure in the Corpus
Inscription?im Semiticarum, vol. i, plates xvi and
xvii : none, however, of the texts included in the
present instalment of Mr. Garstang's copies appear on
those plates. In 1884 and 1886 Professor Sayce
made a careful study of the inscriptions, and pub-
lished a selection of his transcripts in the Proceedings
of the Society of Biblical Archeology, vol. x, pp.
377 ff.; to these copies, which were, unfortunately,
accompanied by very few facsimiles, references will
be given as necessary in the following list.
[In this catalogue I have assigned dates to most
of the graffiti. There are, however, such scanty
materials for classifying the Greek graffiti of Egypt
in any chronological sequence, that these dates must
be regarded as purely tentative.]
A. Chamber of Horns.
1. TaXarr]^ Ai^r/Tpio?. 3rd cent. B.C.
(Sayce, p. 381 : he quotes another graffito by two
Galatians in the same chamber, which does not seem
to have been found by Mr. Garstang, and connects
them with the force of Galatian mercenaries raised by
Ptolemy IV Philopator.)
2. A^/ao? apx^YeV???. 2nd cent. B.C.
3. Aaap^o? 'Wpaickea. 3rd cent. B.C.
(This may be an invocation of Herakles ; or
perhaps 'Hpaickeia should be read.)
4. Atcwucrio? I JLv/3ov\ov I 'A\a/3awSew? | r//c<w | tov
[Ei)]/3ouA,(o)u I ..........I ■ • • I T0 irpo\<TKvy7j\fia.
2nd cent. A.D.
(It is perhaps not impossible to make out of the
jumble of letters in the sixth and seventh lines tc
767pd/xfjiai {e)pLov 7r(aTpo?). But probably other
equally possible renderings could be suggested.)
5- A(/y\(.Tepo? I K\a[v]8tov | rjKU> ■ \ MvpriXr] ■ j
'Ap,fMovi.a . I AIyv7TTo[<;~\ \ 'Az/ • tjtov. 1st cent. A.D.
(The first and last two lines are scarcely in-
telligible.)
6. (a) A^^Tpto? I Ka,TT«pa>zw | kcCi 'Ap,p,a)via r]tcet
I 17 ArjfOTJTpiOV ■ I 'V6&CDV 'Ep/XLOV \ Kol HStCTTT; 7]K£l . \
(b) 'HpawcXet'S??? • | 'A7To[[7]]]WiMv{t)a. (a) 2nd cent. B.C.
(b) 1st cent. B.C.
7. Kpm'aj?] I ~Nl/C7] I <3?tA,{eo jrepa | • ava ■ ev 1st
cent. A.D.
8. cHpa/c\et<$77?. 2nd cent. B.C.
9. Ka^pa? 'Iacrt|So9 ........ | to 77'poaKvprj/xa
.... 1st cent. B.C.
10. 9HX&e^ I ''A7roXX.o\(pav'r]<i | . . . . | ....... |
^eparny \ irarepa. 2nd cent. A.D.
11. Tl\ovToyev7]<;. 1st cent. B.C.
12. QiXa.....I A7]/jb?]Tpia
'AX,e^av8pev<?. 3rd cent. B.C.
13. Xepcnriwv \ rjtcco 7rpo? Hepcnniy)
1st cent. A.D.
(Sayce, p. 381, reads ~Zepa7riwv r\Km %eppdTri\hb\
7rarep[(,] ; but what he takes to be the first p in %eppairi
seems to have no connection with the graffito.)
14. IIoo-(e)tSi<7r)7ro9. 3rd cent. B.C.
15. L ST <pa(p)p.ov%i e' I Ne«i> ] jS.app,iTnro[v]
Boiamo?. 2nd cent. B.C.
(Sayce, p. 381, reads Le (Pa/^ovecov Hapfiirnrov
BotwTto?. The first line, however, containing the
date, seems to be continued downwards.)
16. (a) AvaavSpos \ ij/cco. 1st cent. A.D.
(b) ©i^ptcn-^Ao? rj/coo. 1st cent. A.D.
(c) IlocretS&wio? j tjku>. 1st cent. A.D.
(d) IIw;? TjKw j p.€T 'AvTilyopa? \ fj,e§' v{l)cav \
L to" Me^ap I £'. Ist cent. B.C.
(In the first column the first and third lines seem
rLr)vwv YopSiov
Trcurep(a).