CAVI Lemma: Fr. of LM cup{1}. From Corinth, Forum West, Grid 63-64 H. Unattributed. Third
quarter sixth. 550-500 (context).
CAVI Subject: Fr. of foot: BG above, reserved on the rim and beneath; on the underside, a
BG line near the rim and three concentric lines further in.
CAVI Inscriptions: On the underside, Gr. in four lines, left-aligned, the first two letters
stoich.: (θ)υεων vac. γαρ οζει· επιδοτε γαρ vac.{2}.
CAVI Footnotes: {1} definitely thought to be Attic. {2} lines 2 and 3 go to the break. {2}
see also the analysis of letter forms by Boegehold, 410 n. 4.
CAVI Comments: The Gr., in Ionic letters, was written on the sherd, hence B. is probably
right in considering it complete. He translates: "In fact it smells of
sacrifices. Yes, add ." He considers it a probably non-metrical dialogue and is
reminded of Aristophanes. Note that the second phrase is addressed to a
plurality. - While each letter can be paralleled in the use of the Ionic
alphabet in Attica, the totality of letter forms makes the writing look
non-Attic Ionian. I doubt therefore that the Gr. was written by an Athenian.
CAVI Number: 3288
AVI Bibliography: Boegehold (1992), 409/1, facs. on p. 409, photo pl. 88.
CAVI / AVI Data from Henry Immerwahr's Corpus of Attic Vase Inscriptions (CAVI), updated by Rudoph Wachter's Attic Vase Inscriptions (AVI)
