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Pöhlmann, DAM no. 20 with bibliography, and Griechische Musikfragmente 59-71; Winnington-Ingram, Mode, 35-8; Chailley, 159-66. Photos: DAM, Abb. 19-22; Bélis, art. cit. 209.
14 Fragments of a vocal text or texts: inscribed blocks from a sanctuary of the Carian deity Sinuri near Mylasa, probably 1st c. BC. The text extends over many lines, but not a single complete word is preserved.
L. Robert, Le Sanctuaire de Sinuri près de Mylasa, i. Les Inscriptions grecques (Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Archeologie de Stamboul, vii, Paris, 1945), 104-6 no. 81 and pl. I; M. L. West, ZPE 92 (1992), 8-10.
Roman period
15* Song of Seikilos: inscribed stele from Aidin near Tralles (Caria, like 14). Copenhagen, National Museum, inv. 14897, commonly dated to the 1st c. AD.
Pöhlmann, DAM no. 18 with bibliography; C. Sachs, Musik des Altertums (Breslau, 1924), 62-6 and WM 58; Chailley, 166-9; J. Solomon, AJPhil. 107 (1986), 455-79. Photos: MGG v (1956), 847 f.; DAM, Abb. 15/16 and 23; Neubecker pl. viii (one side only); E. Vogt (ed.), Griechische Literatur (Neues Handbuch der Literaturwissenschaft 2, Wiesbaden, 1981), 136 (one side only).
16* Invocation of the Muse, transmitted in MSS with songs of Mesomedes, but differing from them in dialect and (it may be felt) in musical style. The MSS give no indication of authorship; the dialect points to Ionian origin.
Pöhlmann, DAM no. 1; Winnington-Ingram, Mode, 41 f.; Chailley, 172f. Photos of the MSS: DAM, Abb. 5, 7, 8.
17* Mesomedes, invocation of Calliope and Apollo: MS transmission. Mesomedes was a noted citharode and composer of Cretan origin, a courtier of Hadrian.
Pöhlmann, DAM no. 2; Winnington-Ingram, Mode, 42; Chailley, 173. Photos as for 16.
18* Mesomedes, hymn to the Sun: MS transmission.
Pöhlmann, DAM no. 4; Sachs, Musik des Altertums, 60-2; Winnington-Ingram, Mode, 42 f.; Chailley, 174 f. Photos: DAM, Abb. 5, 7-9; my Pl.34 (part).
19* Mesomedes, hymn to Nemesis: MS transmission (the music only in one Ms).
Pöhlmann, DAM no. 5; Sachs, op. cit. 69; Winnington-Ingram, Mode, 43; Chailley, 176 f. Photo: DAM, Abb. 9; Neubecker, pl. VII; my PI. 34.

 
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