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THE COINS.
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the obvious explanation may well be the right
one. It cannot, of course, refer to King Teos of
the XXXth dynasty; but the name, which is
clearly not Greek, may be the same.
2. 'AfiTrektwv SaxxtKpaTous
Ait ©t?/W&>.
3. 'H ttoXiv v NattcpawrfA'.
'HXioScopov Awpio>vo<! ^tXoJVaTpi'Sa,
tov lepea rfjs 'AOrjvdl Bia fiiov [«at rov
a-irfypa(po<pv\aKa. aperrjs /cat [evvoia<s
eveica tj}? els avrfv.
4. KXeaiveros 'Apiarodefiios
MatapSpto? SrpaTffli'/Seta
rrjfL iraXaiarTpav ave6r]Kav
AttoWwvI.
A beautifully cut inscription, probably of the
fourth century b.c. This dedication of a Palaistra
or wrestling-place probably dates from the revival
of the prosperity at Naukratis early in that
century.
Plate XXXI.
-&oi$e Tra-
rjrj? IStas -
7. 'Hpaic[\e2
----------o? Aa«[eSat/ioV(o?
teal----------6Sa>po<i----------
8. ----------rwA[ii----------?
9.----------M]i\?}tou----------
ISpvcr^cu Tep,evo<!----------
----------Bdfiov----------
10. The name of Ptolemy Philadelphos seems a pro-
bable restoration of 1. 2.
11. This elegiac epitaph can hardly, from the forms of
its letters and .the badness of its execution, be
earlier than the second century of our era.
The following is in some places no more than a
conjectural attempt at its restoration:—
Oi>x^ KpoKfp Trao-To? ae StaySpo^o? ovSev inr «wa[?
dyayov e? vvptfxit; i/iepoTrvovv BdXafiov,
Kovpe fiey alv-qrov Xatpij/ioi'o? 'Hpa/cXrjSa,
dXXd <re 7rpo? Addas dvi6yT)OV eoo<;.
5. trripva /j.er olficoyas Se rd<j>ov 7re\a?---------■
eTrkaTdyrjoe r, ea, yrjpoKOfios yeviras,
7r[a]avi re abv arevdyiicre voXis ftapvicdSea irorfiov
----------'Epyueta? n.vpar' dvd^C d[ya>v
-8' ovic eoOevev, rjBe-
10. veprepi ov M.oipS)v voo-cjil XeXoyxe 6avd>v.
A translation is added to show the probable
drift of the whole.
" I was no chamber sprinkled with saffron, to
lead thee in wedlock to the love-breathing bower
of thy bride, Herakleides, son of the much
honoured Chairemon; but I charioteered thee to
the abode of Lethe. And thy white-haired father,
alas! mourned and beat his breast, near the tomb,
and all the city bemoaned thy fate of heavy woe;
even Hermes grieved to lead thee away, all un-
deserving. Yet the youth had no power to
escape, but hath, not without the Fates' decree,
his allotted place in the realms below."
It will be observed that there is considerable
confusion in the use of the persons in successive
lines, but not more than might be expected in
such an epitaph.
Plate XX.
Nos. 28, 32, and 35 seem to be tablets of dedication
to be attached to larger objects on which it was
inconvenient to engrave an inscription. They
may be thus read:—
28. Uap/u,€-
Vt(TKO<S
deofa.
6e6<pi, which is quite clear, must be an affected
archaism, imitated from the Homeric form.
32. 'Hpa*r\f[t.
KaX\(Ya> hN, i. e. Bpa%/xd<; irevT^Kovra.
This will not quite explain all the scratches, but
a few of them may bo accidental; all required for
the above reading are clear.
35. "H\«7-
«o?"Ep-
fU.
Copies of certain other inscriptions still in
Egypt have been supplied to me by Mr. Petrie
and Mr. Griffith. As, however, no facsimiles have
been prepared for publication, and the reading
is in some cases doubtful, it seems better to
reserve them for next year, when they can be
more adequately edited.
CHAPTER VIII.
THE COINS.
By Barclay V. Head.
79. Among the many objects of interest which
have been discovered on the site of Naukratis, the
coins must not be overlooked, for they con-
tribute their full share of light upon the obscure
history of the town, not so much by reason of
their absolute novelty (although there are amon"
63
the obvious explanation may well be the right
one. It cannot, of course, refer to King Teos of
the XXXth dynasty; but the name, which is
clearly not Greek, may be the same.
2. 'AfiTrektwv SaxxtKpaTous
Ait ©t?/W&>.
3. 'H ttoXiv v NattcpawrfA'.
'HXioScopov Awpio>vo<! ^tXoJVaTpi'Sa,
tov lepea rfjs 'AOrjvdl Bia fiiov [«at rov
a-irfypa(po<pv\aKa. aperrjs /cat [evvoia<s
eveica tj}? els avrfv.
4. KXeaiveros 'Apiarodefiios
MatapSpto? SrpaTffli'/Seta
rrjfL iraXaiarTpav ave6r]Kav
AttoWwvI.
A beautifully cut inscription, probably of the
fourth century b.c. This dedication of a Palaistra
or wrestling-place probably dates from the revival
of the prosperity at Naukratis early in that
century.
Plate XXXI.
-&oi$e Tra-
rjrj? IStas -
7. 'Hpaic[\e2
----------o? Aa«[eSat/ioV(o?
teal----------6Sa>po<i----------
8. ----------rwA[ii----------?
9.----------M]i\?}tou----------
ISpvcr^cu Tep,evo<!----------
----------Bdfiov----------
10. The name of Ptolemy Philadelphos seems a pro-
bable restoration of 1. 2.
11. This elegiac epitaph can hardly, from the forms of
its letters and .the badness of its execution, be
earlier than the second century of our era.
The following is in some places no more than a
conjectural attempt at its restoration:—
Oi>x^ KpoKfp Trao-To? ae StaySpo^o? ovSev inr «wa[?
dyayov e? vvptfxit; i/iepoTrvovv BdXafiov,
Kovpe fiey alv-qrov Xatpij/ioi'o? 'Hpa/cXrjSa,
dXXd <re 7rpo? Addas dvi6yT)OV eoo<;.
5. trripva /j.er olficoyas Se rd<j>ov 7re\a?---------■
eTrkaTdyrjoe r, ea, yrjpoKOfios yeviras,
7r[a]avi re abv arevdyiicre voXis ftapvicdSea irorfiov
----------'Epyueta? n.vpar' dvd^C d[ya>v
-8' ovic eoOevev, rjBe-
10. veprepi ov M.oipS)v voo-cjil XeXoyxe 6avd>v.
A translation is added to show the probable
drift of the whole.
" I was no chamber sprinkled with saffron, to
lead thee in wedlock to the love-breathing bower
of thy bride, Herakleides, son of the much
honoured Chairemon; but I charioteered thee to
the abode of Lethe. And thy white-haired father,
alas! mourned and beat his breast, near the tomb,
and all the city bemoaned thy fate of heavy woe;
even Hermes grieved to lead thee away, all un-
deserving. Yet the youth had no power to
escape, but hath, not without the Fates' decree,
his allotted place in the realms below."
It will be observed that there is considerable
confusion in the use of the persons in successive
lines, but not more than might be expected in
such an epitaph.
Plate XX.
Nos. 28, 32, and 35 seem to be tablets of dedication
to be attached to larger objects on which it was
inconvenient to engrave an inscription. They
may be thus read:—
28. Uap/u,€-
Vt(TKO<S
deofa.
6e6<pi, which is quite clear, must be an affected
archaism, imitated from the Homeric form.
32. 'Hpa*r\f[t.
KaX\(Ya> hN, i. e. Bpa%/xd<; irevT^Kovra.
This will not quite explain all the scratches, but
a few of them may bo accidental; all required for
the above reading are clear.
35. "H\«7-
«o?"Ep-
fU.
Copies of certain other inscriptions still in
Egypt have been supplied to me by Mr. Petrie
and Mr. Griffith. As, however, no facsimiles have
been prepared for publication, and the reading
is in some cases doubtful, it seems better to
reserve them for next year, when they can be
more adequately edited.
CHAPTER VIII.
THE COINS.
By Barclay V. Head.
79. Among the many objects of interest which
have been discovered on the site of Naukratis, the
coins must not be overlooked, for they con-
tribute their full share of light upon the obscure
history of the town, not so much by reason of
their absolute novelty (although there are amon"