48.
[ot']Se [d7TrrESoKavT]as dcrrapXas
[Erl EXEKpdaT]VS a'pXovTos [u]r]par-[yos] E7rr T- orrAa
51. Zaparrlo[v M]eALhevs HH
apXwv 'EXEKPa.T[S TpLvEl] eev v H
vacat
54. TroAEiapXos [ZlOT'LtLoS MapaOlvlos H
OEU/IOOE'TCL
'ApLaTcrvvlos 'EAevcrivLto H
57. O@'cv 'EpXtev) H
BaKXLOS AXCapvevs [H]
['A]AKLl,8,S Va noroTaLos [H]
60. IavraKAjs D BEPEVLKit1Sr H
[O]E 07rTO/7TOS KE c[aA70] E [v] H
vacat
63. vacat
[ETt/EAr/7,sT' ZlrAov @Ed6o]Tos ZoVVlEVS HH
[eqrTLLEA-r'qTr ElTropiovl] E'V 'ZAot
66. [- ca.1-6---] HH
[ayopavoudxo els AiAov ca. 5 ]os Mapa0cvtos
[_____ Ca. 16_____--]o HH
69. [E'7T 7T')v XvAaKtirv T-v LE]cPV XPriLaCd[Trv]
[- - - - ca.21 _ l--]^ ] o oKPLToS 'AXap[VEV]s HH
[- -
ca. 19 - - -]S oUvtEIVH
72. [
-
ca. 20---]eo H[yvplvacrapXos ElS rT Ev 'jAclw y]vvaoutov
less than ca. 22 _
H
75. [LEPEs MA7ro'AAcovos ev 'Ach - - - -]
[EK Kepat]e.cov V0 [vacat 6 r'r -v H]
[8.r,oala]v Tpar7TE[av vrr) v rEv yA l]
78. KaAAX[as] V 'AQpov[EVs HH]
lEpEVPES Al[Vv']aov &Eo8OT[OS - - - - F]
5 The line numbers are those of the new edition; Dow's line numbers are given in parentheses.
In the margin of his text Dow labeled with letters of the Roman alphabet the various cutters who inscribed the text. In the pages which follow these labels are referred to at several points. The reader may well find it helpful to consult Dow's text.
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THE LETTERING OF AN ATHENIAN MASON LEpEvSg 'Avio [v 2]apa7r(wV Aly[tAtLEl%S
81. LEpEVs AprE'/48o]Sr E'v
v
iiKW<>[t]9EOELV?7cYTO9 [KU&a]0,9vatEvaLEUS
tEpEVS l?apa'rTSosc
A[
Ca4 ]jcS O9plK[tOs 84. fEPEfS aYV7S 9EOU 9Ea[- c ---6 -] l4y)yEA'16EV?EpEVs ZJLo9 Kvv0Uov zlJ7p [pLos' - - - - E7TtlEAT7 sc -rov0 q/ HEtpa[LEL AqdE'Vog]
87.
Bv'TTaKOS v AaqLITTPE[iiS9rpai7YcdS'> <!g> [7]r)T
[r
apauT[KEl)]v 7i9 Tv aurEtLine 54 (53). No legible traces of the original text remain. The correction was made, as is readily apparent from Plate 2, a, by a different cutter and, therefore, subsequent to B's work on this panel.
Diotimos, the correct name, was shorter by one letter than the incorrect name.
Line 55 (54). This word is indented 0.067 m.
Line 59 (58). Vacat 0.013 m.
Line 60 (59). Vacat 0.009 m.
Lines 76-84 (78-86). Agora I 5045, after having been attributed to B on the basis of letter shape, was found to join here. Cf. Hesperia, XXXVI, 1967, pp. 245-247.
Line 76 (78). The organization of this line, i.e. divided between two separate entries, is unparalleled in the other parts inscribed by B; he probably compensated for it by leaving a large uninscribed space to articulate them visually, thus the restored blank. Vacat 0.014 m.
Line 78 (80). Vacat 0.03 m.
Line 81 (83). B omitted the left horizontal of the omega.
Line 87 (89). Vacat 0.012 m.
Line 88 (90). The bottom stroke of the sigma was never inscribed (P1. 2, b).
Line 89 (91). Vacat 0.013 m.
Line 90 (92). Vacat 0.007 m. The gouge of recent origin visible in this and the following line (P1. 10, a) is due, the ephor Dr. Mitsos recalled, to damage in the fighting at the end of the Second World War.
At that time the stele was set up in the courtyard outside the museum.
Line 91 (93). A glance at Plate 10, a will reveal that a different cutter inscribed this last entry in a space originally left blank between this panel and the next.
Year III (101/0 B.c.), lines 123-126 (125-128) (P1. 10, b).
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THE INSCRIPTIONS BY THE II2 1028 CUTTER Year VI? (98/7), lines 147-149 (149-151) (P1. 11, a).
Height of letters, 0.013 m.
For attribution, note tau in line 148 and alpha and phi in line 149.
147. Lepevs AroAAwtcov[oS] Ev
zlAwto
Ar71Tprptos Ar[7jrpl]ov
'Av]]awAroa[Ttos H]
Line 149 (151). Under the first vertical of nu appears a small omikron (P1. 11, a). In shape, size, and location it corresponds to one of the round elements of phi. No traces of erasure appear. This indi- cates that B, after inscribing the initial alpha, took his eye from the stone to his working copy where it fell on the letter following the second alpha, viz., phi, which he then began to inscribe. He perceived his mistake at once and inscribed nu over the small portion of the phi without troubling to erase.
The large size of these letters, compared with those of the second-year panel, is due, in part, to the large lettering preceding. Thisdoes not appear to be the principal reason for them, however, for Hand E, who made the entry immediately preceding, was not deterred from making small letters (ca. 0.007 m.) according to his usual practice. B, rather, clearly intended to make thi entry fill the space at the bottom of the first column; he achieved his purpose by making large letters and by including the patronymic (usually omitted in this column) thus extending the entry to three lines. This shows that when he inscribed these lines he knew that this was to be the last entry of the first column; it also suggests that entries had already been made in column two.
Year V (99/8 B.C.), lines 162-163 (164-165) (P1. 11, b).
Height of letters, ca. 0.011 m.
For attribution, note the epsilons in line 162 and tau in line 163.
162. otsE d7TErCOKav Tas a7rapXas (rm HpoKAXov[s a]pXovTos
Since the cutter who inscribed the first entries of a given year usually inscribed the heading at the same time, the fact that B cut the heading for this year rather than E
(who made the first entries) suggests that B inscribed it in advance, at a time when he made another entry. Most probably, he cut it when he made the addition in lines 147-149. Since the second column was begun by Hand D, who inscribed continuously to 160 (line 161 is left blank), B's addition at the end of column I appears to have been the last (speaking chronologically) made in the first column. He was instructed, it appears, to inscribe both this last entry and the heading for the record of the fifth year.
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THE LETTERING OF AN ATHENIAN MASON Year V (continued), lines 178-179 (180-181) (P1. 11, c).
Height of letters: line 178, 0.012 m.; line 179, 0.01 m.
For attribution, note upsilon and sigma in line 179.
178. arparrqyos 7Tr' [r)v 7TapaaKKEv7v]
Aiovvatos zrtr,[Trpiov A]f]woV[EVS l ]
Year VII (97/6 B.C.), lines 237-238 (241-242) (P1. 12).
Height of letters, 0.012 m.
For attribution, note epsilon in line 237 and alpha in line 238.
237. lEpEv[S d aIyvgs 'Abpo86trb]f ev ljvAcot
rat[os raIov 'AXapvev]s H
Incised guidelines with an interval of 0.012 m. occur here; they commence at line 228, where Hand G began, and end at line 238. Since B did not usually incise guidelines, it is probable that G, who inscribed to line 236, also cut the guidelines in preparation for this entry.
Year VII (continued), lines 243-244 (247-248) (P1. 12).
Height of letters: line 243, ca. 0.015 m.; line 244, 0.013 m.
For attribution, noteTE in line 243 and YA in 244.
243. lepevs 4APTE'Lt[o]s E'V vr'act
Mapavas Mapavo[v Me]AtLrevs [H]
The letter height corresponds to the interval between the guidelines which are drawn here. The guidelines begin here and continue to line 256 (i.e. to the end of Hand F's lettering); except for the first line they all have the same interval, 0.013 m. The identical interval and the knowledge that it was not B's practice to incise them indicate that Hand F incised them in order that he might correctly place the entries he was to inscribe; he left the first two lines uninscribed, and inscribed to line 256. F thus in- scribed lines 245-256 before B inscribed 243-244. From this it appears likely that B inscribed lines 243-244 and 257 at the same time. It is even possible that he inscribed lines 237-238 at this same time.
Lines 241-242 by Hand H do not have guidelines; H therefore cut before F. In addition, Hand X (lines 239-240) probably preceded H, for it is difficult to believe that H could have left space knowingly for X's entry, the tardy contribution of the
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THE INSCRIPTIONS BY THE II2 1028 CUTTER
priest of Apollo. There are thus two possible cutting sequences in lines 228-257 depending on whether one assumes that B cut lines 237-238 after X cut 239-240
(Assumption I) or before (Assumption II):
I
1. G lines 228-236 and guidelines for 237-238
2. X lines 239-240 (influenced not to use 237-238 by the guidelines which signified an anticipated entry)
3. H lines 241-242
4. F lines 245-256 and guidelines for 243-244 (which he left blank)
5. B lines 237-238, 243-244, and 257
1.
2.
II
same as in I B lines 237-238
3. X lines 239-240 4. same as step 3 in I 5. same as step 4 in I 6. B lines 243-244 and 257
Year VII (continued), line 257 (261) (P1. 12).
Height of letters, ca. 0.011 m.
For attribution, note upsilons and alpha.