@article {36355,
	title = {The sum of all victories? Reassessing a Sinopean victory catalogue (IK Sinope105)},
	journal = {Anatolian Studies: Journal of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara},
	volume = {74},
	year = {2024},
	pages = {1-23},
	abstract = {This study reassesses an inscribed victory catalogue from Sinope (IK Sinope\&nbsp;105) that is often discussed in scholarship concerning agonistic culture in the Roman world. One particularly curious element of this inscription is the empty nature of the penultimate line, which bears only the numerals\&nbsp;rho-nu. In the existing scholarship, this is usually interpreted as the sum of all the athlete{\textquoteright}s victories. This paper challenges the orthodox interpretation, using a combination of David French{\textquoteright}s squeezes housed at the British Institute at Ankara, supported by autopsy and recent photographs of the stone itself. It goes on to reconsider the practice of summing athletic victories in honorific inscriptions more generally, examining a specially compiled dossier of 207 inscriptions of comparable date to\&nbsp;IK Sinope\&nbsp;105, and concluding that the practice was relatively rare. Finally, this paper considers other possible interpretations of the\&nbsp;rho-nu\&nbsp;in\&nbsp;IK Sinope\&nbsp;105, among which is the suggestion that\&nbsp;rho-nu\&nbsp;could be a chronographic feature. While the interpretation of the\&nbsp;rho-nu\&nbsp;in\&nbsp;IK Sinope\&nbsp;105 remains open, the combination of a close analysis of the stone with a wider contextual consideration of the genre demonstrates how much more remains to be said about even a well-known and often cited inscription. {\"O}zet Bu {\c c}al{\i}{\c s}ma, Roma d{\"u}nyas{\i}ndaki agonistik k{\"u}lt{\"u}rle ilgili ara{\c s}t{\i}rmalarda s{\i}kl{\i}kla tart{\i}{\c s}{\i}lan, Sinop{\textquoteright}dan ele ge{\c c}en bir zafer katalo{\u g}u yaz{\i}t{\i}n{\i} (IK Sinope\&nbsp;105) yeniden de{\u g}erlendirmektedir. Bu yaz{\i}t{\i}n {\"o}zellikle merak uyand{\i}ran unsurlar{\i}ndan biri, sadece\&nbsp;rho-nu\&nbsp;rakamlar{\i}n{\i} ta{\c s}{\i}yan, sondan bir {\"o}nceki sat{\i}r{\i}n bo{\c s} olmas{\i}d{\i}r. Mevcut akademik {\c c}al{\i}{\c s}malarda bu rakamlar genellikle atletin t{\"u}m zaferlerinin toplam say{\i}s{\i} olarak yorumlanmaktad{\i}r. Bu makale, ta{\c s}{\i}n yak{\i}ndan incelenmesi ile son zamanda {\c c}ekilmi{\c s} foto{\u g}raflar{\i}yla desteklenen, British Institute at Ankara{\textquoteright}da bulunan French{\textquoteright}in yaz{\i}t m{\"u}lajlar{\i}n{\i} birlikte de{\u g}erlendirerek bu geleneksel yorumu sorgulamaktad{\i}r. Daha genel olarak, onurland{\i}rma yaz{\i}tlar{\i}nda atletik zafer say{\i}lar{\i}n{\i}n toplanmas{\i} uygulamas{\i}n{\i} yeniden g{\"o}zden ge{\c c}irerek,\&nbsp;IK Sinope\&nbsp;105 ile kar{\c s}{\i}la{\c s}t{\i}r{\i}labilir tarihe sahip 207 yaz{\i}ttan olu{\c s}an {\"o}zel olarak derlenmi{\c s} bir dosyay{\i} incelemekte ve uygulaman{\i}n nispeten nadir oldu{\u g}u sonucuna varmaktad{\i}r. Son olarak, bu makale\&nbsp;IK Sinope 105{\textquoteright}teki\&nbsp;rho-nu\&nbsp;hakk{\i}ndaki di{\u g}er olas{\i} yorumlar{\i} da ele almaktad{\i}r; bunlar{\i}n aras{\i}nda\&nbsp;rho-nu{\textquoteright}nun kronografik bir {\"o}zellik olabilece{\u g}i {\"o}nerisi de bulunmaktad{\i}r.\&nbsp;IK Sinope 105{\textquoteright}teki\&nbsp;rho-nu{\textquoteright}nun yorumu a{\c c}{\i}k kalmaya devam ederken, ta{\c s}{\i}n yak{\i}ndan bir analizi ile bu {\c c}e{\c s}it yaz{\i}tlar{\i}n daha geni{\c s} bir ba{\u g}lamsal de{\u g}er- lendirmesinin birle{\c s}imi, iyi bilinen ve s{\i}kl{\i}kla at{\i}fta bulunulan bir yaz{\i}t hakk{\i}nda bile s{\"o}ylenecek daha ne kadar {\c c}ok {\c s}ey oldu{\u g}unu g{\"o}stermektedir.},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1017/S0066154624000036},
	author = {Ching-Yuan Wu}
}
