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Gefundene Inschriften: 2
Publikation: AE 1953, 00156
EDCS-ID: EDCS-13900103
Provinz: Belgica Ort:
M(arci) Titini
Publikation: MAAR-2022-65, 00052
EDCS-ID: EDCS-84500050
Provinz: Belgica Ort:
P(ondo) III(librae) s(emis) |(semuncia) // Α ΤΟΖΕΥ Π ΤΚ Σ
Inschriftengattung / Personenstatus: tituli possessionis
Material: argentum
Kommentar
»The Greek inscription b) is hard to understand. The
characters indicated in superscript are placed above the preceding letter. Roes
and Vollgraff read the text as ΥΟΖΕΥ ΠΥΤΓΚ Σ, ignoring the initial Α. They
then interpret this as an invocation of Zeus in hexameter: ὗ ̓, ὀ Ζεῦ, πυ(θμὴν)
τ(ᾶς) γ(ᾶς), Κ( ̆ ̆̅ˉ ̆ ̆), Σ(ῶτερ) (“Send rain, Zeus, foundation of the earth, [?],
savior”). This rather optimistic interpretation seems unlikely. Bivar has instead
suggested that it is a Greek weight inscription, reading: Α ΤΟΖΕΥ Π<⨍ ΓΚ Σ,
which he interprets to be Α τὸ ζεῦ(γος) Π’ στ(ατῆρες) Γ Κ Σ (“1 pair [weigh-
ing] 80 staters, 3 drachmae, 1 hemiobol”). In this interpretation Α is an inven-
tory number, < is a numeral indicator, the unusual symbol ⨍ is a monogram of
στ for stater, and Κ is an atypical but not implausible abbreviation for drach-
mae.14 Because we do not have an indication of what Greek weight standard
the inscription could be based on, Bivar reverse calculates the relevant weight
standards from the Latin weight inscription (on the conversion of 1 Roman
pound=327.4 g). From this, he concludes that the Greek inscription is based on
late Ptolemaic metrology.15 Although this interpretation is more convincing, it
still raises problems. For one, it is more likely that ∠ is the fractional sign for ½
rather than a mere numeral indicator, which would result in 80.5 staters rather
than 80. The third to last letter is not as convincing as a Γ (3). It must instead
be Τ (300), though then the Κ could certainly not stand as a symbol for drach-
mae. ΤΚ could be read as 320, though what unit of weight this could indicate
is unclear; perhaps a hemiobol, represented by the Σ, though it seems odd not
to use a higher unit of measurement instead. This reading would result in a
weight roughly 100 g above the weight given by the Latin inscription, which is
possible if the cup suffered damage or other changes before the Latin weight
inscription was added. Clearly, there is not yet an easy interpretation of this
inscription, though it seems likely to be a weight notation. In addition to these
two weight inscriptions there is a pointillé ownership inscription that was
deliberately erased (fig. 13). All three inscriptions are on the bottom of the
cup’s foot.« (MAAR)
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