Published since January 1, 1962

Kadmos

Zeitschrift für vor- und frühgriechische Epigraphik

ISSN: 1613-0723

Edited by: Wolfgang Blümel

In cooperation with: Claude Brixhe, Costis Davaras, Yves Duhoux, Markus Egetmeyer, Vassos Karageorghis

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Kadmos is a journal publishing papers and communications (but no reviews) relating to pre-Greek and early Greek epigraphy, i. e. to inscriptions from the whole of the Mediterranean area dating back either 1) to the time before or during the spread of Greek in the relevant regions or 2) to the early phase of the development of Greek (in Linear A, Linear B or an archaic alphabetic script).

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Volume 60 Issue 1-2

December 2021

Publicly Available April 8, 2022

Titelei

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Inhalt

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April 8, 2022

Claude Brixhe (1933–2021)

Yves Duhoux

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April 8, 2022

Nachruf auf Claude Brixhe (1933–2021)

Markus Egetmeyer

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Open Access April 8, 2022

Rationalizing the Cretan Hieroglyphic signlist

Barbara Montecchi, Silvia Ferrara, Miguel Valério

Page range: 5-32

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Ever since the publication of the first and unsurpassed corpus of Cretan Hieroglyphic inscriptions by Louis Godart and Jean-Pierre Olivier, Corpus Hieroglyphicarum Inscriptionum Cretae, known as CHIC, there has been no systematic or comprehensive reassessment of several difficult readings of signs and sign groups geared towards a rationalization of the sign-list. In this article, we discuss several readings in depth, by engaging with issues that relate to script classification, sign frequencies, interpretative uncertainties, and new finds post CHIC. Specifically, we highlight inconsistencies in the graphic behavior of signs, especially those of singular attestations (‘hapax’) or low frequency, and we also reassign uncertain cases that may be more likely read as Linear A rather than Cretan Hieroglyphic. As a steppingstone in rationalizing the sign-list, we apply a systematic approach to the material by means of a thorough sign-by-sign paleographic and structural reassessment, also presenting the resulting inventory.

April 8, 2022

Les roues mycéniennes de char: o-da-tweta, te-mi-dwe-ta, rota et rota+TE

Yves Duhoux

Page range: 33-58

Abstract

The Linear B data, combined with archaeological, chronological and geographic facts, help to suggest some new solutions to problems linked with the inventories of Mycenaean chariot’s wheels. For instance, o-da-twe-ta and te-midwe- ta could mean respectively “with studded-tread” or “serrated” tyres and “with (special) tyre”. Etc.

April 8, 2022

Sobre la forma verbal a-pi-e-ke y la interpretación de PY Un 2

José Miguel Jiménez Delgado

Page range: 59-70

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The purpose of this paper is to reexamine the Mycenaean verb form a-pie- ke. This form has so far received three possible interpretations: a third person singular of the present indicative of ἀμφι-έχω; of the kappa aorist of ἀμφι-ίημι; of the kappa aorist of a compound with ἀπό and a verb lost in the first millennium and etymologically related to ἱερός. According to our analysis, the second one is to be preferred both from morphological and semantic reasons. Moreover, this interpretation befits the practices of Mycenaean administration: the tablet is the record of a delivery of goods from the warehouses of the palace to be consumed in a banquet, so an aorist form perfectly describes the act of sending them. Finally, at least one Homeric parallel can be adduced to account for the meaning of ἀμφι- in the Mycenaean compound.

April 8, 2022

L’anthroponyme mycénien wa-ra-qi-si-ro (KH X 7)

Alcorac Alonso Déniz

Page range: 71-82

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The Mycenaean personal name wa-ra-qi-si-ro has been interpreted as the older variant of wa-ra-pi-si-ro (PY, MY), but this hypothesis comes up against several phonetic problems. This paper proposes two alternative explanations of wa-ra-qi-si-ro: either /Wrakwsilos/, a clipping of *Wrakwsi-lāhos, compound of the root *u̯ergu̯-/*u̯regu̯- “throw” and *lāho- “stone”, or /Wrankwsilos/, a nickname derived from the adjective attested in later Greek ῥαμψός “crooked”.

April 8, 2022

A new Carian inscription on the left leg of a kouros found south of the Temple of Zeus Lepsynos in Euromos

Ignasi-Xavier Adiego, Abuzer Kızıl

Page range: 83-98

Abstract

This article examines and discusses a new Carian inscription found on the left leg of a kouros statue. The statue was found in the Temple of Zeus Lepsynos in the ancient Carian city of Euromos during excavations carried out in 2021. The four-line inscription is very difficult to interpret, but nonetheless constitutes a highly relevant contribution to our knowledge of the evolution of the Carian alphabet.

April 8, 2022

The Iman touch: a coin legend in Phrygian

Ignasi-Xavier Adiego, Bartomeu Obrador-Cursach

Page range: 99-116

Abstract

This paper gathers sixteen unlisted coins from several auction catalogues with identical typology: a helmeted head (identified as Athena) on the obverse and a falcon inside a pelleted square on the reverse. Nine of them show the first coin legend in Phrygian identified so far: iman, a personal name. After the analysis of their iconography and legend, a location of the mint in Phrygia during the 5 th or 4 th century BC is suggested.

April 8, 2022

The epithet Τιαμου of the Moon-god in Lydia

Valerio Pisaniello

Page range: 117-136

Abstract

This article discusses the origin of the epithet Τιαμου, which modifies the name of the Moon-god in a number of Greek inscriptions from Lydia dated to the 2nd-3rd century AD. All the etymological explanations provided so far will be taken into account, especially the Anatolian one, which, based on the existence of a Moon-god (κατα)χθόνιος, tries to establish a connection between Τιαμου and an Anatolian outcome of the PIE root for ‘earth’ (cf. Hitt. tēkan, Luw. tiyamm(i)-). After having discussed the arguments in favour and against both a Lydian and a Luwian origin, it will be argued that the latter seems to be most likely, although the possibility of a Lydian mediation remains.

April 8, 2022

Milyan dialectal divergence and its traces in onomastics

Elena Martínez Rodríguez

Page range: 137-156

Abstract

Taking as a starting point the discussion of the emendation of xina ‘grandmother’ in Schurr’s latest edition of the Milyan version of the Xanthos Pillar (Schurr 2018), this article deals with two different equations Mil. <i> : Lyc. <a/a͂/n> and Lyc. <a/a͂/n> : Lyc. <u>, argued to share the same phonetic trigger ie. the presence of an alveolar nasal, and explores the phonetic correlation through establishing new cognates between the two languages, or by adding new evidence to old open questions such as the phonetic value of <u> or the likely interchangeability of <a>, <a͂> and <n>. The Greek adaptation of the onomastic material will allow the phonetic nature of the nasal <n> in the cluster /xnt-/ (Lyc. xñtawati- ‘ruler’, cf. Luw. handawat(i)-): Gr. Κενδ-, Κινδ-, Κονδ- to be addressed, and ultimately compare the phonetic developments of Lycian and Milyan with its possible traces in the Greek sources of classical Lycia.

April 8, 2022

A pithos with Lycian inscription from Patara

Erkan Dündar, Florian Réveilhac

Page range: 157-172

Abstract

The excavations at the Tepecik settlement, which is situated East of Patara’s city center directly overlooking the ancient harbor, furnishes new and important data regarding the city’s largely unknown and much debated administrative organization in the 6 th century BC. This evidence is based preliminarily on a pithos fragment found in the tower house’s eastern side, dated to ca. 500 BC, and bearing an inscription made ante cocturam in Lycian script. This graffito, which is one of the oldest inscriptions of the Lycian corpus, is incomplete but has eight legible letters that allow its reconstruction: it probably corresponds to the official title [pd]ḍẽnehm̃mi “ruler, commissioner”, attested in two other Lycian inscriptions. The graffito could indicate that the pithos was to be stored in the house of this official.

April 8, 2022

Bread and wine in Lycian poetry. A contextual interpretation of TL 44c

David Sasseville

Page range: 173-188

Abstract

In the following paper, new meanings for the Lycian B words waxssa, mur(i)- (and murei(je)-) and tubur(i)- are suggested using the combinatorial and etymological methods. Additionally, a new translation of a large part of the mythological poem on the north side of the funerary pillar in Xanthos (TL 44c) is offered, including a grammatical annotation and a linguistic commentary. Subsequently, the repercussions on the military deeds of the Lycian king Gergis as well as on his relationship with the gods are addressed.

Mitteilungen

April 8, 2022

Epigraphische Mitteilungen

Markus Egetmeyer

Page range: 189-208

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Edited by

Prof. Dr. W. Blümel
Universität Köln
Institut für Altertumskunde
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
50931 Köln
E-Mail: wolfgang.bluemel@uni-koeln.de

Together with

Claude Brixhe, Nancy
Costis Davaras, Athen
Yves Duhoux, Louvain-la-Neuve
Markus Egetmeyer, Paris
Vassos Karageorghis, Nikosia
Anna Morpurgo Davies, Oxford

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Online ISSN: 1613-0723
Print ISSN: 0022-7498
Type: Journal
Language: German
Publisher: De Gruyter
First published: January 1, 1962
Publication Frequency: 2 Issues per Year
Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
Keywords: Epigraphik; Frühgriechisch; Vorgriechisch