Ein Inschriftenfragment aus Didyma

Abstract

The fragment of a marble inscription, found in 1972 north of the temple of Apollo in Didyma, is of some interest not only on epigraphic, but also on archaeologic grounds. The inscription is the first one from Didyma to have been written consistently in stoichedon. Judging from palaeography, it was produced around 500 B.C. But also the carrier of the inscription deserves attention: While K. Tuchelt deemed the fragment to have belonged to a seated figure, another reconstruction is favoured here. The dimensions the object must have had rather indicate that it belonged to an under-lifesized reclined figure, dedicated to Apollo in Didyma around the turn-of-the-century.