viously by Chishull and Chandler, and subsequently with a learned Commentary by the late Rev. Hugh James Rose, in his 'Inscriptiones Græcæ.' It is written in the most ancient Grecian letters, and in the style called Boustrophedon, that is, the lines follow each other from left to right and from right to left alternately, as an ox passes from one furrow to another. The purport of the inscription is to record the presentation of three vessels, a cup, a saucer or stand, and a strainer, for the use of the Prytaneion at Sigeum. The name of the donor was Phanodicus, son of Hermocrates, a native of Proconnesus. To proceed with the other inscriptions according to the proposed order. 1. Inscriptions which relate to Temples. No. 165 is an inscription stating that certain gifts had been consecrated to a goddess, probably Aphrodite, by a female who held the office of lighter of lamps and interpreter of dreams in the temple of that Goddess. No. 167* is a very ancient inscription, known by the name of the "Marmor Atheniense," relating to a survey of some temple, probably the Erectheion. Nos. 267, 276, 282 contain inventories of the valuable articles deposited in the Opisthodomos of the Parthenon, which appears to have served as a "Mont de Piété." The characters on the second, No. 276, are anterior to the archonship of Eucleides, B.c. 403. Nos. 168, 185, 223, 269, 379 are also, probably, inventories, though the name of the temple in which the treasures were preserved is not specified. 2. Inscriptions which relate to Treaties. No. 206 is a fragment in very ancient characters, relating to a treaty made between the Athenians and the inhabitants of Rhegium, in Magna Græcia, in the archonship of Apseudes, B.C. 433. Thucydides, iii. c. 86, mentions a fleet sent by the Athenians to aid the people of Rhegium on the ground that they were of lonian origin. No. 346 refers to a treaty between the Athenians and Erythræans, conjectured to have been as early as B.C. 477. No. 377 is a treaty between Orchomenos in Boeotia and Elatæa in Phocis, in the Æolic dialect of Boeotia, imperfect, but containing fifty lines. The inscription appears to record three separate deeds: the two first, authentications of payments from the treasurers of Orchomenos; the third, the renewal of a treaty of pasturage granted by the citizens of Elatæa. No. 167, which is very imperfect, appears to relate to a treaty. 3. Inscriptions which relate to the Athenian Tribes. No. 162 is a fragment containing a list of citizens at Athens, with the names of the Demi to which they were attached. No. 173 is a similar list, conjectured by Visconti to be that of the warriors who lost their lives under the walls of Delium in Boeotia B.C. 424, but by Osann to be a record of those who fell at Potidæa. No. 285 is a fragment containing a list of Athenian citizens belonging to twelve Demi-Sunium, Ionidæ, Alopece, Pallene, Halæ, Ericea, Colonus, Sphettus, Ceriada, Thoricus, Hephæsti, and Bate. 4. Inscriptions which relate to the Public Games (agonistic). No. 166 is an inscription recording the names of those who had conquered in the foot-race of the Stadium and double Stadium, in wrestling, boxing, the pancratium, and the pentathla. No. 171 is a fragment of an ancient inscription from the Acropolis, containing an account of the expenses defrayed by the triumvirs of the public spectacles. The name of the archon is effaced, but Visconti conjectures that its date is B.C. 424. No. 335 ought perhaps to be placed under the head of bas-reliefs, as there is the representation of a half-draped figure upon it. It bears, however, an agonistic inscription, with the names of some of the superintendents of the gymnasia. 5. Inscriptions relating to Decrees. No. 172 is a fragment of a decree, imperfect at the top, but bearing at its conclusion an order that the people of Hierapytna, in Crete, should affix to it the public seal. No. 187 is a decree of the people of Athens in honour of Hosacharus, the son of Agathon, a Macedonian. It was passed in the archonship of Nicodorus, in the third year of the 116th Olymp., B.C. 344. No. 203 is a decree of the people of Tenos in honour of their benefactor Ammonius. It is ordered to be set up in the Temple of Poseidon and Amphitrite. No. 235 is a decree made by a society, apparently composed of musicians, in honour of Dionysus and Antoninus Pius. No. 347 is a fragment of a decree of the Athenians, engraven on a large piece of marble, in honour of Spartacus IV., son of Eumelus, King of Bosphorus. Nos. 363, 364 are fragments of public acts of the Athenians, the former relating to the people of Athens and My rina, the latter to the repair of the roads and pavements in the neighbourhood of Athens. No. 378 is a decree of the Boule of the Boeotians, ordaining the election of three extraordinary magistrates to take charge of the recasting some articles of gold and silver belonging to the Temple of Amphiaraus. The back of the tablet records the plate then recast. Visconti considered the tablet to belong to the period of the successors of Alexander, but not to be later than B.C. 171. Nos. 205, 225, 226, 287, 294, 350, 362, 370, 386, appear to be all fragments of decrees. 6. Miscellaneous Fragments of Inscriptions. The following numbers contain portions of inscriptions with one or more names legible upon them, but which do not appear to be of sufficient interest to deserve separate notice-Nos. 163, 185, 261, 273, 284, 288, 291, 296, 299, 333, 334, 346, 368, 369, 377, 381, 382, 385, 387, 388, 401, 421, 425. VIII. ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENTS. It will not be necessary to describe at length any of the fragments of temples and other buildings which may be found in the Elgin Room. We propose only to give the numbers of each subject in order, so that the student of Greek Architecture may be able to pursue his studies with some regard to logical sequence. With this view we shall subdivide this main genus into several species, so as to comprehend as far as possible all objects relating to architecture which are at present in the Elgin Room. 1. Ornaments of roofs. a Fleuron, No. 169 (from Temple of Demeter at Eleusis). No. 418, from Athens. No. 437 (cast from a sepulchral monument). B Antefixal ornaments, No. 389 (from Parthenon); No.390 (cast); No. 411 (Temple of Aphrodite); Nos. 412, 413, 414, 417 (Athens). y Tile, No. 297, in terra cotta, used to cover the joints of the larger tiles, bearing in front a fleuron and the name of its maker, Athenæus. Lion's head from roof of the Parthenon, No. 393, and fragments, Nos. 365 and 367. 2. Ceiling, from the Erectheion at Athens, No. 108. 3. Coffer, from Erectheion at Athens, No. 117. 4. Entablature. a Doric, from Propylæa at Athens, No. 131. originally painted, No. 260. 8 Frieze, from Erectheion at Athens, Nos. 252-255. from Tomb of Agamemnon at Mycenæ, a most interesting and curious fragment of early Greek architecture, and probably of the heroic age, Nos. 177-180. 5. Architrave, from Erectheion at Athens, Nos. 219, 220. painted Mæander from the peristyle of the Parthenon, No. 399. 6. Columns and parts of Columns. a Doric, capital and shaft from Parthenon, No. 112. from Erectheion, No. 125. from Temple of Artemis at Daphne, Nos. 133, 231, 264. from Temple of Artemis Eucleia, No. 398. Column, from Erectheion, No. 110 and No. 125. from Erectheion, No. 114. Base, from Temple at Daphne, No. 135. Shaft and base, from Erectheion, Nos. 126-7. Corinthian capitals, Nos. 233, 268. column (cast from Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, No. 360*.) capital from the interior of the Parthenon, No. 400. 7. Jamb of a door, from Erectheion, No. 115. 8. Mouldings. a Leaf moulding, from Erectheion, No. 116. Note. The above numbers are taken for the present from the last edition of the "Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum, London, 1851," some of the objects not being as yet marked. |
