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scription, then, was carved upside down. Compare No. 1167. The whole inscription
is 1.38 m. long: it is incised in fairly good letters, all of which are still clear and
certain. The first eight, however, and the last three are from 3 to 5 cm. high, while
the rest are 7 cm. high.
HToYC6NY€lC0€OCK€OXPICTOC Ήτους ευυί Εις Θεός κέ ο Χριστές.
In (the) year 4.55. One God and his Christ. (406-7 A. d.)
See the commentary on No. 1126 above.
1197. Lintel. On a large lintel, lying upon the ground, about 100 feet west
of a single arch standing alone near the center of the town. The lintel is 2.45 m.
Ruins of Surkanya.
long and 53 cm. high. The block is without mouldings, and its face is now very
rough. The inscription, 55 cm. long, is placed about midway between the ends of the
lintel, but near the top of the face. The letters are from 14 to 16 cm. high, and are
executed in very deep lines, i1/^ cm. broad. There is nothing else upon the stone.
KAICY Kai σΰ (χαιρε or ύγιαιυε): Thou too (rejoice)!
I believe that the formula καί σύ is quite distinct from the καί σοζ sc. τά Λπλα,
which is discussed above under Nos. 1073, 1125 etc. Of course καί σύ and καί σοι
were pronounced alike at this time, and possibly in the present inscription σύ may be
a mistake for σοι. But I think not: the formula of which καί συ seems to me to be
a part was found in full by M. Kontoleon in an inscription at Smyrna: Λαρ.παό'ιλε
Παρθένου ΙΙακτωλιου ύϊακόνου χέρε· χέρε καί συ.1 See what I have said on this subject in
the commentary on A. A. E. S. hi, No. 42, and compare also No. 1127 above.
On the other hand, the other examples of καί σύ known to me are upon tombs,
while from the fact that the present lintel was found near the center of the town it
appears probable that it belonged to a dwelling house. I see nothing inappropriate
to a dwelling, however, in the salutation καί σύ χαιρε.
I B. C. Η. x (1886), p. 453, No. I.
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scription, then, was carved upside down. Compare No. 1167. The whole inscription
is 1.38 m. long: it is incised in fairly good letters, all of which are still clear and
certain. The first eight, however, and the last three are from 3 to 5 cm. high, while
the rest are 7 cm. high.
HToYC6NY€lC0€OCK€OXPICTOC Ήτους ευυί Εις Θεός κέ ο Χριστές.
In (the) year 4.55. One God and his Christ. (406-7 A. d.)
See the commentary on No. 1126 above.
1197. Lintel. On a large lintel, lying upon the ground, about 100 feet west
of a single arch standing alone near the center of the town. The lintel is 2.45 m.
Ruins of Surkanya.
long and 53 cm. high. The block is without mouldings, and its face is now very
rough. The inscription, 55 cm. long, is placed about midway between the ends of the
lintel, but near the top of the face. The letters are from 14 to 16 cm. high, and are
executed in very deep lines, i1/^ cm. broad. There is nothing else upon the stone.
KAICY Kai σΰ (χαιρε or ύγιαιυε): Thou too (rejoice)!
I believe that the formula καί σύ is quite distinct from the καί σοζ sc. τά Λπλα,
which is discussed above under Nos. 1073, 1125 etc. Of course καί σύ and καί σοι
were pronounced alike at this time, and possibly in the present inscription σύ may be
a mistake for σοι. But I think not: the formula of which καί συ seems to me to be
a part was found in full by M. Kontoleon in an inscription at Smyrna: Λαρ.παό'ιλε
Παρθένου ΙΙακτωλιου ύϊακόνου χέρε· χέρε καί συ.1 See what I have said on this subject in
the commentary on A. A. E. S. hi, No. 42, and compare also No. 1127 above.
On the other hand, the other examples of καί σύ known to me are upon tombs,
while from the fact that the present lintel was found near the center of the town it
appears probable that it belonged to a dwelling house. I see nothing inappropriate
to a dwelling, however, in the salutation καί σύ χαιρε.
I B. C. Η. x (1886), p. 453, No. I.
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