An Inscribed Basis from Cyzicus

F. W. Hasluck

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An Inscribed Basis from Cyzicus

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F. W. Hasluck

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In the course of a visit to Cyzicus, made last December at the invitation of Mr. de Rustafjaell, Mr. Bosanquet and I had the opportunity of copying and taking impressions of two inscriptions from a marble pedestal (Fig. 1), known to the peasants as ‘Balik Tash’ or ‘Fish Stone’ from the reliefs carved upon it.

The stone lies in a vineyard on the low ground of the isthmus in the central harbour of Panormus. Originally discovered by Mr. Tito Carabella of Constantinople, it was seen in January 1880 by Lolling, who published such copies of the inscription as it was possible to obtain without cleaning away the lichen and carbonate of lime which covered many of the letters. These imperfect copies were recently discussed by Dr. Wilhelm who had enquired for the stone at Constantinople and failed to discover its whereabouts. Last summer it was re-excavated by Mr. de Rustafjaell: we succeeded in removing the incrustation and obtained more complete readings.

Type: Research Article
Information: The Journal of Hellenic Studies , Volume 22 , November 1902 , pp. 126 - 134

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/623923 [Opens in a new window]
Copyright: Copyright © The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies 1902

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^{page 128 note 1} Ath. Mitth. v. (1880), p. 390.

^{page 128 note 2} Arch. Epig. Mitth. vi. (1897), p. 84.

^{page 128 note 3} Identified as such by peasants, and exactly similar to representations on coins, Brit. Mus. Calal., Mysia., Pl. VII. 16.

^{page 130 note 1} Cramer, , Anecd. Graec, e codd. Bibl. Oxon. vol. 3, p. 249Google Scholar.

^{page 130 note 2} C.I.G. 3311; cf. also 3268, 3282 also from Smyrna, which adopt the same spelling in and J.H.S. vii. (1886), 144 (from Lepsia).

^{page 130 note 3} e.g. Lycophr. i. 399.

^{page 130 note 4} As at Cenchreae, Imhoof-Blumer and Gardner, Numismatic Commentary on Pausanias Pl. D. lx.

^{page 130 note 5} Brit. Mus. Cotal. Mysia, Pl. VII. 12.

^{page 130 note 6} Her head appears with that of her son Polemon II. on coins of Pontus (Brit. Mus. Catal. Bithynia, &c. Pl. X. 6), those of her husband Cotys and her son Rhoemetalees on certain Thracian pieces (Brit. Mus. Catal. Thrace, pp. 209–210).

^{page 130 note 7} Eph. Epigr. II. p. 262–3.

^{page 130 note 8} Rev. des Ét. Gr. vi. (1893), p. 21.

^{page 131 note 1} J.H.S. 1897, p. 321.

^{page 131 note 2} Inscrr. Ant. Orae Septentr. Ponti Eux. ii. p. xlv.

^{page 131 note 3} Strabo xii. 3. 29 (p. 555).

^{page 131 note 4} Monatsb. Kön. Akad. Berlin, 1874, p. 7 (Curtius). The second decree appears also in Dittenberger, Syll. ² 365.

^{page 131 note 5} Strabo xii. 3. 29.

^{page 131 note 6} Dio Cass. lix. 12.

^{page 131 note 7} Tac., Ann. ii. 64 ffGoogle Scholar.

^{page 131 note 8} In Dittenberger, Syll. ²365Google Scholar, Tryphaena is styled and a similar formula seems to be the solution of two more lines in the fragmentary inscription restored as far as the name of Tryphaena by Dr.Mordtmann, (Ath. Mitth. vi. 40)Google Scholar,

^{page 132 note 1} App., Bell. Civil, iv. 75Google Scholar.

^{page 132 note 2} Hyginus, Fab. xvi. Schol. Apoll. Rh. i. 948Google Scholar.

^{page 132 note 3} Tacitus, Ann. 3, 64Google Scholar.

^{page 132 note 4} Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. 1874, p. 7, iii.

^{page 132 note 5} Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. 1874, p. 7, iv. (Dittenberger² 366).

^{page 132 note 6} P. 375 ff.

^{page 132 note 7} Reinach, M. Th. (Rev. des Ét. Gr. vii. (1894) p. 50)Google Scholar suggests that the Thracian risings of Tiberius' reign (21–26 A.D.) were the cause. The word used shows that the passage was deliberately blocked, and subsequent neglect would account for the ‘silting up.’

^{page 132 note 8} Ath. Mitth. xvi (1891), p. 141; Rev. des Ét. Gr. (1893), p. 8, ib. vii. (1894) 45; Dittenberger, , Syll. ²366Google Scholar.

^{page 132 note 9} Bull. Corr. Hell. xvii. (1893), p. 453, Rev. des Ét. Gr. 1894, p. 45. Dittenberger, , Syll. ²543Google Scholar.

Curtius, (Monatsber. Kön. Acad. Berlin, 1874, p. 4)Google Scholar publishes a funeral inscription of ‘Maeandria, wife of Bacchius,’ who left her native land (Asiatic, if we may judge by her name) to accompany her husband to Cyzicus. If the Bacchius of this inscription is identical with the architect it would seem that he was one of the foreign workmen mentioned in Dittenberger, 366.

^{page 133 note 1} As to the moles Dr.Makrys, (Σύλλογος 18, p. 29)Google Scholar mentions existing traces of two moles on the west side of the isthmus, and remains of another were shown me on the east side by Mr. de Rustafjaell. These may have protected the entrances to the closed harbours mentioned by Strabo, xii. 8, 11.

^{page 133 note 2} Etym. Mag. s.vv. Schol. Ap. Rh. i. 901.

^{page 133 note 3} Sitz. Berl Akad. (1898), ii. 551.

^{page 133 note 4} Rev. des Ét. Gr. vii. (1894), 48.

^{page 133 note 5} Geogr. Min. i. 68.

^{page 133 note 6} Argonautica i. 936.

^{page 133 note 7} xii. 8. 11.

^{page 133 note 8} N.H. v. 32.

^{page 133 note 9} Vol. ii. Pl. III.

^{page 133 note 10} Asia Minor (1842), ii. 102.

^{page 133 note 11} Description of the East (1745), Vol. ii. Pt. ii., 115.

^{page 133 note 12} Asia Minor ii. 102.

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