IThera031

Findspot and Location

  • Country: Greece
  • Region: Santorini
  • Settlement: Ancient Thera
  • Repository: Archaeological site of Ancient Thera

Support

Material: stone.
Object type: rock face.

The rock is close to the one on which inscription no. 539 is engraved; it measures 1.20 m in height and 0.95 m in length.

Layout

The inscription is located 50 cm from the upper edge and 5 cm from the left edge. The direction runs from left to right, with a descending and undulating ductus, which, in the verb ο̄ἴπω and from the name Κρίμον onwards, tends to rise.

Execution: chiselled.

Palaeography

Letters of the archaic alphabet of Thera: Alpha: right stroke divergent, diagonal crossbar

Epsilon: vertical stroke extended downward, oblique strokes

Eta: represented as a closed rectangular with orizontal crossbar

Theta: circle with cross-shaped bars

Iota: featuring three strokes

Mu: fourth bar shorter

Ny: third stroke is shorter and divergent

Omicron: smaller than the other letters

Rho: rounded bowl

San: used for the sibilant sound.

Provenance and Discovery

Place:Archaía Thíra (36.36349, 25.47804)

Date:Beginning of the 7th century BCE(a-c)

Findspot:«supra epheborum gymnasium» Hiller

Coordinates:36.36170, 25.48153

Last recorded location: in situ; Last seen by A. Inglese in 2003 in situ; rubbing

Edition


a
Ἰσοκάρθης

b
Ἀμοτίο̄να ο̄ἶπε Κρίμο̄ν τε͂[δε]

c
Δο̣κ̣[- - -]

d
[- - -]ο̣λεος̣

Apparatus


a
Hiller, Suppl. 1412: Ἰσοκάρθης

b
line 1.
Hiller, in IG XII,3,538b-c: Ἀμο[τ]ίωνα ὦιπ[h]ε Κρίμων
line 2.
Hiller, in IG XII,3,538b-c: [τ]ε[ῖ]δ[ε]

c
Hiller, in IG XII,3,538b-c: [- - -]δ[- - -]λέος

Commentary

Regarding the nature of the verb οἴφω, see IThera030 commentary. Gallavotti (1978-1979, pp. 58-60) recognized a rhythmic structure based on Hiller’s reading: Ἀμοτίωνα ὦιπ(h)ε Κρίμων [τ]ε(ῖ)δ[ε]. The scholar compares this first meter to the early inscription of Nestor on the cup at Pithecussa, which, in his view, resembles it especially due to the hiatus at the caesura. Gallavotti (1975, pp. 185-191) also notes that "the accusative case of the name, placed emphatically at the beginning of the phrase against normal usage, gives the phrase a certain vigor." [this author's translation from Italian] The incipit with ὦιπ(h)ε could be an indication that the reader wants to immediately associate the text with its function.

Bibliography

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Images

Composite image created from separate rubbings of the same inscription (rubbings inv. nos. EpiLab-rtv-rub-035, EpiLab-rtv-rub-036, EpiLab-rtv-rub-037, made in October 2003). © Greek Ministry of Culture / Ephorate of Antiquities of the Cyclades. Reproduction authorized for this use only. Any further use requires permission

Apograph (Inglese 2008, fig. no. 21)

Editorial Team

Editor: Alessandra Inglese

Principal Investigator: Alessandra Inglese

Funder: CHANGES - Theme 5. Humanities and Cultural Heritage as Laboratories of Innovation and Creativity, funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU, Associazione Centro di Eccellenza DTC

Alessandra Inglese: original data collection and edition

Valentina Mignosa: encoding, editing metadata and geo data

Luigi Tessarolo: website construction, design and styling, interactive mapping implementation

Virgilio Costa: methodological and digital consultancy

Publication Details

Authority: Inscriptions from Thera

Licence: Licensed under a Creative Commons-Attribution 4.0 licence

Encoding model / validation: EpiDoc encoding model and validation framework adapted from ISicily

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