Dedication to the Muses and the Nymphs
created: Transcription from stone (CDL).
source date: Probably second century BC
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...], p. 157 (mention of find); [...], XI.70, whence [...], 52; [...] 096200.

Cf. [...], 1964.562; [...], pp. 59-60, note 19.

Αἰσχίνης Σωσάρχου, Καλλίκλεια Ξούθου, Βασὼ Αἰσχίνου Μούσαις καὶ Νύμφαις ἀνέθηκαν.

Βασώ[^a1]

[^a1: Βασώ | Βασῶ]

Aiskhinès fils de Sôsarkhos, Kallikleia fille de Xouthos et Basô fille d'Aiskhinès ont consacré ce monument aux Muses et aux Nymphes.

Aischines son of Sosarchos, Kallikleia daughter of Xouthos and Baso daughter of Aischines dedicated this monument to the Muses and to the Nymphs.

Aischines figlio di Sosarchos, Kallikleia figlia di Xouthos e Basò figlia di Aischines hanno dedicato questo monumento alle Muse e alle Ninfe.

The father's names show that Baso was the daughter of Aischines and Kallikleia. However, her role in the dedication is ambiguous. Two readings are possible for a name written ΒΑΣΩ, either a nominative Βασώ or an accusative Βασῶ. Pugliese Carratelli printed the nominative reading, which was clearly Oliverio's option, as he had already mentioned the find ([...], p. 157) as a dedication made by 'la famiglia di Eschine figlio di Sosarco'. This position was endorsed by C. Dobias-Lalou at [...], p.98. Conversely, J. and L. Robert had opted for an accusative, thus a dedication of the statue of the girl by her parents. In fact Muses and Nymphs would be the right patronesses for a young girl. However a circular hole on top of this small and low base would not support a statue and, besides, in dedications of (a statue of) a person by another person, the honoured person's name precedes usually the dedicant. Discussed again by [...].