CAVI Lemma: FR. FROM BASE OF BG PYXIS. FROM ATHENS. UNATTRIBUTED. SECOND HALF FIFTH.
CAVI Subject: UNDECORATED.
CAVI Inscriptions: LANG: (A) GR. ON PROJECTING FLANGE: ν]ε τον Δια και τον Α[πολλονα ...] ]εοι
τεισαιτο VACAT (B) GR. WITHIN RING-FOOT: και τον [---] νε το[ς αλλος θεο[ς (C)
GR. ON FLOOR: ]κ̣ος{1}. V.&S.: (A) GR. ON BOTTOM: N]ε τον Δια και τον Α[πολλο
και τεν Δεμετρα και τεν Αθενααν και τον Ποσειδο] και τον [Αρε]. νε το[ς] θεο[ς
παντας] αι θ[εοι τε ισαι το. (B) GR. ON THE FLOOR: --](.)ος
CAVI Footnotes: {1} THERE ARE MANY SCRATCHES ON THIS GR.; SEE PL. 30.
CAVI Comments: SCHWEIGERT SAW THAT (A) IS THE FORMULA OF AN OATH; CF. ACR. II, 1445:
[---]ραι και Κλεταγορη φιλετα(ι)[ροι] | [νη τ]ον Δια και την Δημητρα. LANG
THINKS ONE OR TWO OTHER DEITIES MAY HAVE BEEN ADDED IN THE FIRST LINE OF (A),
WHICH MUST HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED BY A WISH THAT A CERTAIN PERSON BE AVENGED OR
PUNISHED; (B) WAS THEN ADDED TO INCLUDE ONE MORE DEITY AND THE OTHER OLYMPIAN
GODS. V.&S. HAD CONSIDERED (A) AND (B) AS ONE INSCRIPTION AND ADDED MANY
DIVINITIES. -ταισαιτο IS CLEARLY TO BE PREFERRED TO τε ισαι το, BUT SINCE NO
PERSONAL NAME IS EXTANT WE CANNOT KNOW IF THE OATH IS AN AFFIRMATION OR A CURSE.
LANG'S VERSION, HOWEVER, LACKS ANY REFERENCE TO FEMALE DIVINITIES. THE
INSCRIPTION NEEDS FURTHER STUDY.
CAVI Number: 0446
AVI Bibliography: VANDERPOOL AND STAMIRES MS. — LANG (1976), 53/G 6, PL. 30.
CAVI / AVI Data from Henry Immerwahr's Corpus of Attic Vase Inscriptions (CAVI), updated by Rudoph Wachter's Attic Vase Inscriptions (AVI)
