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160 INSCRIPTIONS ON CORINTHIAN VASES
below), on no. 36, and on no. 49 (if the reading is right). A late form o is
used on nos. 50 and 57, doubtless under Attic influence.
Iota is usually z; on late vases a simplified form $ is also found, but the
old form persists even in the second half of the sixth century (A.D. i, pi. 7,25;
ii, pi. 24,9; pi. 39,12 &c). A further simplification, 1, occurs on a few middle
and late vases (nos. 17, 49, 50, 57(?), 68, 70) ;* this form is used on the
Corinthian revetments from Calydon (Poulsen—Rhomaios, pis. 28-9),
on the Corinthian Treasury at Delphi,2 and on a bronze weight of very
archaic appearance, found in Attica (Journ. Int. Arch. Num. 1905, 5 ff.
ob v. bull's head, frontally, and PBr-TTAiors rev .?orimcdiom i);the weight may,
however, be later than it looks. For the rho form cf. no. 65 (Kesandra) and
the Treasury.
In the late sixth century the straight iota becomes commoner; it is the regular
form from the fifth century onwards (cf. for example the incised inscrip-
tions of Xeniadas and Xenokles (Kretschmer 17, no. 4; 18, no. 10; I.G. iv, 49,
nos. 352-3); the Tanagra inscription (A.Z. 1882, 179), which is apparently
Corinthian, as Kirchhoff (Studien,3105, cf. Wolters, Philologus lxxxiv, 134)4
has pointed out. Occasionally e ( = et) is used for iota: see on no. 23.
Kappa occurs on vases of all periods; it continues on coins down to the
third century B.C.
The normal form for Lambda is a. On no. 17, however, the Argive 1- is
used (in Helena), side by side with the other.5 The majority of characteristic
letters and the style being Corinthian, I infer, not that the vase was painted at
Corinth by an Argive, but that the Argive lambda was occasionally used by
Corinthians, a sometimes approximates to r (e.g. 60, 61 ('AXdarcop)).
For Rho we have either i> or > (both forms are found early and late), except
on no. 65, where we have r (cf. the bronze weight quoted above and the
Treasury at Delphi).
Sigma is invariably indicated by m, as in the early archaic period at Sicyon
(cf.p. 38).
x or -f is used for Chi except on no. 49, where * is used (if the reading is
right); and on no. 5 where x = i,xi. V is used on a metope from Thermon
1 Some of these known to me only from publica-
tions (17, 49), others are abnormal in one way or
another (50, 57). I can however vouch for no. 68
which is virtually a straight line, with a slight sus-
picion of a bend in the middle; this is quite a care-
ful inscription.
2 B.C.H. 1912, 642 ff. The inscription, kori-
[n® 10 n] probably dates from the time of the fall of
the Cypselids, when the Treasury was reinscribed
with the name of the Corinthians (it had previously
borne the name of Cypselids who founded it: cf.
Plutarch, Pyth. Or. 12; Bourget, B.C.H. loc. cit.,
Pomtow, R. E. Suppl. iv, 1325). It is, of course,
uncertain when the Cypselids fell; I am inclined to
accept the earlier date, and therefore to place this
inscription at the end of the first quarter of the sixth
century.
3 Kretschmer p. 34.
4 I owe this reference to Professor Beazley.
5 Miss Richter and Miss Hooper were kind enough
to examine the vase for me, and assure me that there
is no mistaking the form used.
below), on no. 36, and on no. 49 (if the reading is right). A late form o is
used on nos. 50 and 57, doubtless under Attic influence.
Iota is usually z; on late vases a simplified form $ is also found, but the
old form persists even in the second half of the sixth century (A.D. i, pi. 7,25;
ii, pi. 24,9; pi. 39,12 &c). A further simplification, 1, occurs on a few middle
and late vases (nos. 17, 49, 50, 57(?), 68, 70) ;* this form is used on the
Corinthian revetments from Calydon (Poulsen—Rhomaios, pis. 28-9),
on the Corinthian Treasury at Delphi,2 and on a bronze weight of very
archaic appearance, found in Attica (Journ. Int. Arch. Num. 1905, 5 ff.
ob v. bull's head, frontally, and PBr-TTAiors rev .?orimcdiom i);the weight may,
however, be later than it looks. For the rho form cf. no. 65 (Kesandra) and
the Treasury.
In the late sixth century the straight iota becomes commoner; it is the regular
form from the fifth century onwards (cf. for example the incised inscrip-
tions of Xeniadas and Xenokles (Kretschmer 17, no. 4; 18, no. 10; I.G. iv, 49,
nos. 352-3); the Tanagra inscription (A.Z. 1882, 179), which is apparently
Corinthian, as Kirchhoff (Studien,3105, cf. Wolters, Philologus lxxxiv, 134)4
has pointed out. Occasionally e ( = et) is used for iota: see on no. 23.
Kappa occurs on vases of all periods; it continues on coins down to the
third century B.C.
The normal form for Lambda is a. On no. 17, however, the Argive 1- is
used (in Helena), side by side with the other.5 The majority of characteristic
letters and the style being Corinthian, I infer, not that the vase was painted at
Corinth by an Argive, but that the Argive lambda was occasionally used by
Corinthians, a sometimes approximates to r (e.g. 60, 61 ('AXdarcop)).
For Rho we have either i> or > (both forms are found early and late), except
on no. 65, where we have r (cf. the bronze weight quoted above and the
Treasury at Delphi).
Sigma is invariably indicated by m, as in the early archaic period at Sicyon
(cf.p. 38).
x or -f is used for Chi except on no. 49, where * is used (if the reading is
right); and on no. 5 where x = i,xi. V is used on a metope from Thermon
1 Some of these known to me only from publica-
tions (17, 49), others are abnormal in one way or
another (50, 57). I can however vouch for no. 68
which is virtually a straight line, with a slight sus-
picion of a bend in the middle; this is quite a care-
ful inscription.
2 B.C.H. 1912, 642 ff. The inscription, kori-
[n® 10 n] probably dates from the time of the fall of
the Cypselids, when the Treasury was reinscribed
with the name of the Corinthians (it had previously
borne the name of Cypselids who founded it: cf.
Plutarch, Pyth. Or. 12; Bourget, B.C.H. loc. cit.,
Pomtow, R. E. Suppl. iv, 1325). It is, of course,
uncertain when the Cypselids fell; I am inclined to
accept the earlier date, and therefore to place this
inscription at the end of the first quarter of the sixth
century.
3 Kretschmer p. 34.
4 I owe this reference to Professor Beazley.
5 Miss Richter and Miss Hooper were kind enough
to examine the vase for me, and assure me that there
is no mistaking the form used.