The Greek Inscriptions at Petworth House

Abstract

In the spring of 1915 I had the opportunity of examining the long Greek inscription at Petworth House, Sussex, first published in 1883 by U. Köhler (Ath. Mitt. viii. pp. 57 f.), from a squeeze and copy supplied by the late Dr. A. S. Murray (Fig. 1), and republished with corrections in I.G. ii. 5, 477 d. The right side of the inscription is so much worn (Pl. XIV.) that though the letters can be traced in a good light on the stone or on a photograph, they leave no impression on a squeeze; I was therefore able to make some important additions to the published text.They may be summed up as follows:—(1) The lines are incomplete on the right side.(2) The stone contains lists of names from six tribes, not four, but a portion of the lines belonging to the third and the sixth tribe has been cut off.(3) The second tribe is Akamantis and the list under that heading is now complete; the third is Hippothontis.(4) A few words and letters have been added to the fragmentary Decree at the top of the stone (ll. 1–6).(5) Köhler's restorations of the text of the second Decree (ll. 7–26) are almost all correct.