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XI
INSCRIPTIONS ON CORINTHIAN VASES
MOST of the inscriptions on Corinthian vases have already been collected
and discussed. The fullest treatment is that of Kretschmer (Die grie-
chischen Vaseninschriften, i6ff.)/but the material has increased in the last
thirty years and I therefore append a complete list of the inscribed vases and
fragments known to me. For details I make reference in most cases to Kret-
schmer's studies, where earlier literature will be found. The inscriptions on
the pinakes from Pente Skouphia may be studied in Furtwangler's catalogue,
in the publications in Antike Denkmaler, and in I.G. iv, pp. 35fF. There are
many inaccuracies in the current readings of Corinthian inscriptions, but I
shall not refer to them in most cases. It may perhaps be of use if I begin with
a few notes on the Corinthian alphabet as known from Corinthian vases.
The numbers by which I refer to inscriptions in this chapter are not those of
the catalogue, but those of the list which follows.
The three forms of Alpha are a a and a (with, of course, intermediate
forms), a or a may occur on the same vase as a (2,4,62); the early forms
a and a are still found in the late period (e.g. 32, 33, 62).
For Beta we have J"1 or Tj (with variations in which the angles are more or
less rounded and the legs longer). In no. 65 a curious form r-1 appears to be
used (in the name Aat<f>ofios); H is used for beta on inscriptions from various
parts of Greece (see Frankel I.G. iv, p. 49), among others, apparently, on a
bronze frog which may be Corinthian (op. cit. no. 357) and on a leaf of
beaten gold from Corinth (op. cit. no. 354). The name on no. 65 may, how-
ever, be Aafyovos (cf. Ar)i<povos, Herod, ix. 92), though Aatyofios is, of course,
required by the context.
Gamma, usually indicated by <, has the form 1 on no. 27.
Epsilon is normally b, a form which is analogous to Sicyonian X. e is used
for epsilon on the Itys metope from Thermon (A.D. ii, pi. 50,1), and on two
pinakes (A.D. ii, pi. 30, g2 and Gaz. Arch. 1880,104, fig. 1), which date from
the second quarter of the sixth century. Normally, however, e indicates «.
Conversely, b occasionally = «(e.g. A.D. i, pi. 7, 9 and 11; ii, pi. 29, 2 and 13:
cf. Kretschmer, pp. 34-6 where further irregularities are noted), while e
may = 1 (A.D. ii, pi. 39, 1 and several vases: cf. no. 23). Sometimes Bi is
written in full (cf. A.D. i, pi. 7, 1). In the inscription of the trippers from
1 See also Kretschmer's article in Zeitschrift fur little. Wilisch's summary, (p. 156 & fF.) is useful,
vergleichende Sprachforschung, 1887, 152 fF.; 2 b is also used here in the same word: the inscrip-
Drerup, Musee Beige, v. 136 fF; and, of course, tionis am0p0a0p0memba^B©..(\dao>77dSa>-
Larfeld's Handbuch der gr. Epigraphik. Blass's pos ifie dved[r)Ke], if the reading is right—Furtwan-
treatment in Collitz-Bechtel, Gr. Dialektinschriften, gler in his Catalogue, and Roehl (i.G.A. 8, no. 38)
is later than Kretschmer's book, but adds very read the e as b.
INSCRIPTIONS ON CORINTHIAN VASES
MOST of the inscriptions on Corinthian vases have already been collected
and discussed. The fullest treatment is that of Kretschmer (Die grie-
chischen Vaseninschriften, i6ff.)/but the material has increased in the last
thirty years and I therefore append a complete list of the inscribed vases and
fragments known to me. For details I make reference in most cases to Kret-
schmer's studies, where earlier literature will be found. The inscriptions on
the pinakes from Pente Skouphia may be studied in Furtwangler's catalogue,
in the publications in Antike Denkmaler, and in I.G. iv, pp. 35fF. There are
many inaccuracies in the current readings of Corinthian inscriptions, but I
shall not refer to them in most cases. It may perhaps be of use if I begin with
a few notes on the Corinthian alphabet as known from Corinthian vases.
The numbers by which I refer to inscriptions in this chapter are not those of
the catalogue, but those of the list which follows.
The three forms of Alpha are a a and a (with, of course, intermediate
forms), a or a may occur on the same vase as a (2,4,62); the early forms
a and a are still found in the late period (e.g. 32, 33, 62).
For Beta we have J"1 or Tj (with variations in which the angles are more or
less rounded and the legs longer). In no. 65 a curious form r-1 appears to be
used (in the name Aat<f>ofios); H is used for beta on inscriptions from various
parts of Greece (see Frankel I.G. iv, p. 49), among others, apparently, on a
bronze frog which may be Corinthian (op. cit. no. 357) and on a leaf of
beaten gold from Corinth (op. cit. no. 354). The name on no. 65 may, how-
ever, be Aafyovos (cf. Ar)i<povos, Herod, ix. 92), though Aatyofios is, of course,
required by the context.
Gamma, usually indicated by <, has the form 1 on no. 27.
Epsilon is normally b, a form which is analogous to Sicyonian X. e is used
for epsilon on the Itys metope from Thermon (A.D. ii, pi. 50,1), and on two
pinakes (A.D. ii, pi. 30, g2 and Gaz. Arch. 1880,104, fig. 1), which date from
the second quarter of the sixth century. Normally, however, e indicates «.
Conversely, b occasionally = «(e.g. A.D. i, pi. 7, 9 and 11; ii, pi. 29, 2 and 13:
cf. Kretschmer, pp. 34-6 where further irregularities are noted), while e
may = 1 (A.D. ii, pi. 39, 1 and several vases: cf. no. 23). Sometimes Bi is
written in full (cf. A.D. i, pi. 7, 1). In the inscription of the trippers from
1 See also Kretschmer's article in Zeitschrift fur little. Wilisch's summary, (p. 156 & fF.) is useful,
vergleichende Sprachforschung, 1887, 152 fF.; 2 b is also used here in the same word: the inscrip-
Drerup, Musee Beige, v. 136 fF; and, of course, tionis am0p0a0p0memba^B©..(\dao>77dSa>-
Larfeld's Handbuch der gr. Epigraphik. Blass's pos ifie dved[r)Ke], if the reading is right—Furtwan-
treatment in Collitz-Bechtel, Gr. Dialektinschriften, gler in his Catalogue, and Roehl (i.G.A. 8, no. 38)
is later than Kretschmer's book, but adds very read the e as b.