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Both in the character of the subjects, and the form of the compositions, there is a considerable
analogy between the painted stelae of Amathus and the later sepulchral reliefs from Athens. A
painted marblestele at Athens' appears to have much in common with our stelae in the treatment
of the drapery, which is shown in light and shade, by the use of whites as body colour.2
INSCRIPTIONS.
(i.) On a stone, 5 feet 8 inches high, 1 foot 3^ inches wide, from No. 110
E
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A p t* H,
1
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p E or
G
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a r^
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'Ei^aSe p-olpav eYwi> 'A\(.Kapv7)aaevs 'iSctyvyos
/ceiTcu, 'A/dio-tokXcos 7rats, "Apeos Oepdnwv.
In this elegiac couplet, Idagygos of Halicarnassos (apparently a new name) is styled in Homeric
phrase a servant of Ares (Iliad, ii. 110, etc.).
(2.) On a stone, 2 feet 8 inches high, and 10 inches wide :—
ATA6'
0
Nafio? iv6dSe, dprjp aya#o?.
Fig. 146.
The inscription appears to be complete, notwithstanding its metrical form as half a hexameter. Naxios
seems to occur as a proper name (C.I.A. ii. 1002), but in this case it is better to consider the
inscription as the simple and kindly epitaph of some unknown Naxian who died at Amathus.
(3.) The excavations on the site of Amathus gave a large number of sepulchral cippi, of the
well-known Cypriote type, commonly about two feet high, with mouldings above and below the
inscription, which is usually roughly cut and inaccurate (Fig. 146). A large number of cippi are
also to be found in the houses and courtyards of the village of Hagios Tychonas. The formula
employed is, with few exceptions, the vocative case (occasionally the nominative), followed by
1 AtJienische Mittlieilungen dcs Arch. Inst. 1880, PI. 6.
2 For the painted stelae, cf. Milchhoefer's list, ibidem, p. 190. A stele with a painted sash is preserved at Volo, in Thessaly,
Athc7iischc Mittheilungen, 1890, p. 216, Fig. 3. Several painted stelae from Sidon, which appear to be of a later and rougher
character, are now in the Louvre. Gaz. Arch. 1877, p. 107, Pis. 15, 16; cf. Rev. Arch. N.S. xxxiii. p. 61.
Both in the character of the subjects, and the form of the compositions, there is a considerable
analogy between the painted stelae of Amathus and the later sepulchral reliefs from Athens. A
painted marblestele at Athens' appears to have much in common with our stelae in the treatment
of the drapery, which is shown in light and shade, by the use of whites as body colour.2
INSCRIPTIONS.
(i.) On a stone, 5 feet 8 inches high, 1 foot 3^ inches wide, from No. 110
E
/v O A A E .,AA (
!
P A »
;E X A/*
r\
A | K
A p t* H,
1
* E V
s :| A V
r
v r 0
1:keZ
T
rX \'-*
* 1ST 4
K
* E
0 i;p a
1
£."A
p E or
G
E P
a r^
N
'Ei^aSe p-olpav eYwi> 'A\(.Kapv7)aaevs 'iSctyvyos
/ceiTcu, 'A/dio-tokXcos 7rats, "Apeos Oepdnwv.
In this elegiac couplet, Idagygos of Halicarnassos (apparently a new name) is styled in Homeric
phrase a servant of Ares (Iliad, ii. 110, etc.).
(2.) On a stone, 2 feet 8 inches high, and 10 inches wide :—
ATA6'
0
Nafio? iv6dSe, dprjp aya#o?.
Fig. 146.
The inscription appears to be complete, notwithstanding its metrical form as half a hexameter. Naxios
seems to occur as a proper name (C.I.A. ii. 1002), but in this case it is better to consider the
inscription as the simple and kindly epitaph of some unknown Naxian who died at Amathus.
(3.) The excavations on the site of Amathus gave a large number of sepulchral cippi, of the
well-known Cypriote type, commonly about two feet high, with mouldings above and below the
inscription, which is usually roughly cut and inaccurate (Fig. 146). A large number of cippi are
also to be found in the houses and courtyards of the village of Hagios Tychonas. The formula
employed is, with few exceptions, the vocative case (occasionally the nominative), followed by
1 AtJienische Mittlieilungen dcs Arch. Inst. 1880, PI. 6.
2 For the painted stelae, cf. Milchhoefer's list, ibidem, p. 190. A stele with a painted sash is preserved at Volo, in Thessaly,
Athc7iischc Mittheilungen, 1890, p. 216, Fig. 3. Several painted stelae from Sidon, which appear to be of a later and rougher
character, are now in the Louvre. Gaz. Arch. 1877, p. 107, Pis. 15, 16; cf. Rev. Arch. N.S. xxxiii. p. 61.