Note on the Seikilos Inscription (pp. 89-91, 133).

Since the publication of this work, the Seikilos inscription has been examined afresh by Mr. J. A. R. Munro (of Lincoln College, Oxford). The result of his examination is to show that the last note of the melody has been misread. From a squeeze which he has kindly placed at my disposal it appears that the word apaitei is written—

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The line drawn under the three notes triad10 has caused the last to be read as reversegamma, which has no meaning here. In fact it is a reversed Gamma (g apestrammenon), and answers to our e natural.

Hence the last line of the transcription on pp. 89-90 should be as follows:

Music Score
to te-los ho chro-nos a-pai—tei
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The importance of this correction is obvious. The scale employed is now seen to be the octave—