This book has chapters on methodology, on the writing of the first
decrees and laws of the years ca. 515 to 450 B.C., on unique
examples of writing of ca. 450 to 400, on the inscribers of the
Lapis Primus and Lapis Secundus (IG I3 259-280), and on those of
the Attic Stelai (IG I3 421-430). These are followed by studies of
11 individual cutters arranged in chronological order. This study
brings order to the study of hands of the fifth century by setting
out a methodology and by discussing the attempts of others to
identify hands. Another aim is to bring out the individuality of
the writing of these early inscribers. It shows that from the
beginning the writing on Athenian inscriptions on stone was very
idiosyncratic, for all intents and purposes individual writing. It
identifies the inscribing of the sacred inventories of Athena
beginning about 450 B.C. as the genesis of the professional letter
cutter in Athens and traces the trajectory of the profession. While
the dating of many inscriptions will remain a matter for scholarly
discussion, the present study narrows the dates of many texts. It
also pinpoints the origin of the mistaken idea that three-bar sigma
did not occur on public documents after the year 446 in order to
make those who are not expert more aware that this is not a
reliable means of dating.
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