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118 D. G. HOGARTH, H. L. LOR1MER, AND C. C. EDGAR
sherds have most significance. About forty other inscribed sherds were
found, many of them being scraps with only a letter or two. These it is not
worth while to publish ; but I may mention that four, obtained from children
who raked over the rubbish heaps in the centre of the site about the
Temenos of Apollo, contained part of dedications to that god. An amphora
neck with a single Phoenician character, Shin, painted on it was found in
the Hellenion. Two fragments of inscribed marble were brought to me.
They read :
(a) White marble, extreme length -152. (b) Coarse marble, broken on all sides.
Lettering of third century b.c.
b///////////1.« a HNir
AN ATP ACpHN NEIN
TONTAMIANT
////////////""«
An ostrakon was sold me on the site, but I suspect it was imported
from elsewhere. It is broken on all sides. It reads :
6YP€ONH
A6NOBAAB6CTIaI
PYMB6KA
ONTen
D. G. H.
U.-pottkry.
(By Miss H. L. Larimer.)
[Plates V.-VIL]
The excavations recently conducted at Naukratis have yielded nothing
in the way of pottery that is, strictly speaking, new: considering the
immense quantities of sherds found in the course of the earlier diggings, it
would have been surprising if they had. None the less the fresh finds
deserve mention, and that on several grounds. Recent discoveries in other
quarters have shed light ou the origin of some of the fabrics in question ;
and though these results are generally known, it is worth while to resume
them in an account of what seems likely to be the last excavation of Naukratis.
The discovery of late Attic r.f. ware in relatively large quantities, and the
consequent possibility of dating with some precision the instructive gap in
the series of Attic imports, are new facts, and have their bearing on the
political history of the town. Finally, some few of the fragments are of
sufficient beauty or interest to deserve publication on their own merits.
sherds have most significance. About forty other inscribed sherds were
found, many of them being scraps with only a letter or two. These it is not
worth while to publish ; but I may mention that four, obtained from children
who raked over the rubbish heaps in the centre of the site about the
Temenos of Apollo, contained part of dedications to that god. An amphora
neck with a single Phoenician character, Shin, painted on it was found in
the Hellenion. Two fragments of inscribed marble were brought to me.
They read :
(a) White marble, extreme length -152. (b) Coarse marble, broken on all sides.
Lettering of third century b.c.
b///////////1.« a HNir
AN ATP ACpHN NEIN
TONTAMIANT
////////////""«
An ostrakon was sold me on the site, but I suspect it was imported
from elsewhere. It is broken on all sides. It reads :
6YP€ONH
A6NOBAAB6CTIaI
PYMB6KA
ONTen
D. G. H.
U.-pottkry.
(By Miss H. L. Larimer.)
[Plates V.-VIL]
The excavations recently conducted at Naukratis have yielded nothing
in the way of pottery that is, strictly speaking, new: considering the
immense quantities of sherds found in the course of the earlier diggings, it
would have been surprising if they had. None the less the fresh finds
deserve mention, and that on several grounds. Recent discoveries in other
quarters have shed light ou the origin of some of the fabrics in question ;
and though these results are generally known, it is worth while to resume
them in an account of what seems likely to be the last excavation of Naukratis.
The discovery of late Attic r.f. ware in relatively large quantities, and the
consequent possibility of dating with some precision the instructive gap in
the series of Attic imports, are new facts, and have their bearing on the
political history of the town. Finally, some few of the fragments are of
sufficient beauty or interest to deserve publication on their own merits.