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INSCRIPTIONS ON CORINTHIAN VASES 161
(yAP[£]TBM: X«/)[t]rey), but the metope belongs to a group which is of local
workmanship, and is therefore not relevant here.
* indicates Psi on no. 27, on the pinakes of Timonidas and Milonidas, and
on the Cypselid bowl j1 the inscription on this last is
?K*B/*£AA£AN'B©BN' BlBPAKApAM
(facsimile in Boston Mus. Bull. 1922, 65; 1926, 50).
1. To the inscriptions of the Protocorinthian period mentioned in ch. iii, must be
added those of the very early pyxis shown in fig. 30. As already remarked, three
of these have been restored and explained by Studniczka ; a new fragment, found
in 1904, is shown on the left of fig. 30 and raises further problems. The letters
by the wheel are 0AM3SA or OAMs^A or ? AMBi A or ?AM5S A, reading, like the others,
upside down and from right to left. The inscription probably continued in the
upper spaces between the spokes, as there would have been no room for large letters
between the chariot and the horses' tails. If the first letter is A one might expect
a name beginning 'Ap8p-, but this, of course, is unlikely before iota; if it is A
one might expect a name beginning Xapiv, but this is likewise a barren suggestion.
Possible terminations (unless there were two syllables more) are -amp, -apav, -<upos,
-apijs, or even -ap£ ( = a|). It is conceivable that the last two letters have been
transposed and that they are the end of a woman's name = OA. But I must leave
the elucidation of the problem, and that of the inscriptions on the bottom of the
vase, to others.
2. Alabastron no. 366. De Ridder's readings :
5MAM
A'AM5Ta<A, A10M?»'1A, AN'APOMBAA, M8\>\AqaB, MA\OM, EBto^
De Ridder reads the first Agesimacha ; this is clearly impossible, and I suggested
Arexisaka, which Professor Beazley improved to Areximacha. This must be the right
reading, since M may well be miswritten for M (cf. A.D. ii. pi. 29,19.) The last name is
difficult, and cannot be read with certainty from the publication (which De Ridder says
is unsatisfactory). De Ridder suggests Menoitas, the mu being written sideways,
which seems hardly conceivable; even so the £ at the end is superfluous. The other
names present no difficulty : 'Hpa<\fjs, 'AXuivoFa, 'AvSpopiSa, AioXas = 'I6Xaos.
3. Aryballos no. 482 (Kretschmer 16, no. 1).
MATATjOm^B (iTrnoPdTa?), MO^OSTMOT^B (InoaTpocpos).
4. Aryballos no. 481 (K. 26, no. 43). Readings from the publication.
MY01 (Fovs), A MA® A (A6dva), Wa\»AaaB ('HpaKXrjs), FSOAAFOM (FioXaFos),
r*APV<8>0M (AdTrvdos).
The first, written by a siren, has defied explanation. Kretschmer p. 27, takes
it for nonsense, which is unlikely in a context of perfectly intelligible inscriptions,
but quotes attempts at elucidation. Mayer's suggestion (Hermes xxxvii, 481),
which is followed by Harrison (Prolegomena, 304), that Fovs can = 0<£v£, a diver,
1 Psi is never written <fxr at Corinth; Drerup and reproduced by Roehl (I.G.A. 36 A add.): this copy
Larfeld (see note 2, p. 159 above) quote a supposed contains 10 wrong letters out of 23—among them
example—the pinax of Milonidas, but are misled <1>M for V.
by the inaccurate copy of the inscription which is
3575 Y
(yAP[£]TBM: X«/)[t]rey), but the metope belongs to a group which is of local
workmanship, and is therefore not relevant here.
* indicates Psi on no. 27, on the pinakes of Timonidas and Milonidas, and
on the Cypselid bowl j1 the inscription on this last is
?K*B/*£AA£AN'B©BN' BlBPAKApAM
(facsimile in Boston Mus. Bull. 1922, 65; 1926, 50).
1. To the inscriptions of the Protocorinthian period mentioned in ch. iii, must be
added those of the very early pyxis shown in fig. 30. As already remarked, three
of these have been restored and explained by Studniczka ; a new fragment, found
in 1904, is shown on the left of fig. 30 and raises further problems. The letters
by the wheel are 0AM3SA or OAMs^A or ? AMBi A or ?AM5S A, reading, like the others,
upside down and from right to left. The inscription probably continued in the
upper spaces between the spokes, as there would have been no room for large letters
between the chariot and the horses' tails. If the first letter is A one might expect
a name beginning 'Ap8p-, but this, of course, is unlikely before iota; if it is A
one might expect a name beginning Xapiv, but this is likewise a barren suggestion.
Possible terminations (unless there were two syllables more) are -amp, -apav, -<upos,
-apijs, or even -ap£ ( = a|). It is conceivable that the last two letters have been
transposed and that they are the end of a woman's name = OA. But I must leave
the elucidation of the problem, and that of the inscriptions on the bottom of the
vase, to others.
2. Alabastron no. 366. De Ridder's readings :
5MAM
A'AM5Ta<A, A10M?»'1A, AN'APOMBAA, M8\>\AqaB, MA\OM, EBto^
De Ridder reads the first Agesimacha ; this is clearly impossible, and I suggested
Arexisaka, which Professor Beazley improved to Areximacha. This must be the right
reading, since M may well be miswritten for M (cf. A.D. ii. pi. 29,19.) The last name is
difficult, and cannot be read with certainty from the publication (which De Ridder says
is unsatisfactory). De Ridder suggests Menoitas, the mu being written sideways,
which seems hardly conceivable; even so the £ at the end is superfluous. The other
names present no difficulty : 'Hpa<\fjs, 'AXuivoFa, 'AvSpopiSa, AioXas = 'I6Xaos.
3. Aryballos no. 482 (Kretschmer 16, no. 1).
MATATjOm^B (iTrnoPdTa?), MO^OSTMOT^B (InoaTpocpos).
4. Aryballos no. 481 (K. 26, no. 43). Readings from the publication.
MY01 (Fovs), A MA® A (A6dva), Wa\»AaaB ('HpaKXrjs), FSOAAFOM (FioXaFos),
r*APV<8>0M (AdTrvdos).
The first, written by a siren, has defied explanation. Kretschmer p. 27, takes
it for nonsense, which is unlikely in a context of perfectly intelligible inscriptions,
but quotes attempts at elucidation. Mayer's suggestion (Hermes xxxvii, 481),
which is followed by Harrison (Prolegomena, 304), that Fovs can = 0<£v£, a diver,
1 Psi is never written <fxr at Corinth; Drerup and reproduced by Roehl (I.G.A. 36 A add.): this copy
Larfeld (see note 2, p. 159 above) quote a supposed contains 10 wrong letters out of 23—among them
example—the pinax of Milonidas, but are misled <1>M for V.
by the inaccurate copy of the inscription which is
3575 Y