ON THE DATE OF THE OLBIAN CALENDAR GRAFFITO SEG 30: 977
Journal: Journal of Ancient History and Archeology
Year: 2022

The inscription SEG 30: 977, known as the calendar graffito, is one of the most interesting documents from Olbia and attracts scholarly attention for more than forty years. It contains a dedication to the god Apollo with several epicleseis, and a list of the twelve months, identical to the calendar of the Olbian metropolis Miletos, but for the spelling of several months’ names. The list of Apollo’s epicleseis, as well as such a list of the months, are unique in Greek epigraphy. Calendar inscript