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1.1.TeSpartan-Aitoliantreaty
27
Doubtsconcerningthedatingofseveralinscriptionsoftheclassicalperiod
showhowunreliableinthecaseofpoorlyknownLakonianepigraphyistherea-
soningbasedsolelyontheanalysisofthescript.Shortlybeforeherdeath,Jefery
herselfcametotheconclusionthattheCinscriptionofDamonon)mayactually
bemuchlaterthanshehadpreviouslythought.
11
Shenotedthatthetextisboth
graphicallyuniformandatthesametimefitswellwiththerelief,implyingthat
bothelementsweremadeatthesametime.Testylisticanalysisofthereliefled
theBritishscholartotheconclusionthatthewholemonumentdatestothefirst
halfofthefourthcentury.
12
Tus,evenifweadmitthatPeekisright,andconsider
thescriptoftheSpartan-Aitoliantreatytobemorearchaicthanthescriptofthe
CinscriptionofDamonon)
,wecannotexcludeanydateofthemakingofthetext
earlierthanca.375.
13
AgainsttheeasyadoptionofaChigh)chronologyofthe
SpartaninscriptionsonemayalsobringuptheargumentsofDavidLewisfor
datingthefamouslistoffinancialcontributionstoSpartaCforwagingthewar)to
thefourthcentury(IGV.11+SEG36.357,cf.Loomis[1992]);thelistisplaced
bythemajorityofscholarsinthecontextoftheeventsof427/426.
14
Regardless
ofwhetherLewiswasfinallyrightornot,hispositionshowsoncemorehow
consideredasadvanced[...]withotherswhich,normallyhall-marksofthearchaicperiod[...],
arestillinuseinthefifhcenturyforformalinscriptions)
.
11
Seeabove,p.26,cf.CEGI378.
12
Itisworthbearinginmindthatsincetheinscriptionmentionseponymousephorsabsent
fromXenophon)slistfortheyears431-404(seeabove,p.26),therejectionofadateCbefore431)
automaticallyimpliestheacceptanceofadateCafer404)
.
13
Jeffery(1988)179-181;cf.LSAGp.148.Jeferyherselfwasinclinedtoacceptthesug-
gestionofCartledge,whodatedthetextto426,seebelow,p.29.Itisworthmentioningthat
JeferyrefutedPeek)sargumentconcerningthecrookedpibyclaimingthatroundedshapesof
lettersinthisinscriptioncanresultfromthefactthatthestonecutterfollowedoutlinesexecuted
inpaintonthestone.LetusalsonoticethatJeferydatedtoca.375thetombstoneofaSpartan
inTespiaiconvertedfromanearlierBoiotiantombstone(IGVII1903-1904=LSAG
2
Laconia
62a),whichotherscholarspreferredtoplaceinthefifhcentury.Loomis(1992)60n.80suggests
thattheinscriptionwasnotexecutedbyaSpartan,foritbearssomecharacteristicsofBoiotian
script,andthusitshouldnotbetakenintoconsiderationinthediscussionofthechronology
ofSpartaninscriptions.Secunda(2009),however,noticesitssimilaritytothetombstoneof
EualkesfallenCinthewarinMantinea)(IGV.11124)and,contrarytotheearlierscholars,con-
nectsthetombstonenotwiththefirstbattleofMantinea(418),butwiththepartitionofMan-
tineabytheSpartans(385).Formypart,Iwouldnotruleoutthepossibilitythatthistombstone
shouldbeconnectedwithanevenlaterevent,namelythesecondbattleofMantinea(362).
14
MLp.184.Acomprehensivereviewofthepropositionsfordatingofthisinscriptionis
givenbyLoomis(1992)56-60.
