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description:
Epitaph on the tomb of Menekrates, Korkyra
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catalogue number: 743
LSAG reference: 234.09
date: c. 625 - 600 ?
object type:
Funerary monument
region: NW
sub-region: Ionian Islands
archaeological context: Korkyra
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publications:
Roehl, H.,
IGA
no. 342
Roberts, E.S.,
An Introduction to Greek Epigraphy
vol. 1
no. 98
IG
vol. ix.1
no. 867
SGDI
no. 3188
Roehl, H.,
Imagines Inscriptionum Graecarum antiquissimarum
edition 3
pp. 47
no. 26
DGE
no. 133(1)
Friedlaender, P., Hoffleit, H.,
Epigrammata
no. 26
Buck, C.D.,
The Greek Dialects
edition 1
no. 93
Peek, W.,
Griechische Versinschriften
vol. i
no. 42
ML
no. 4
CEG
no. 143
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archival material:
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local script:
Korkyra
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: single line writing orientation:horizontal
writing direction:< right number of characters:100
Letter forms found in this inscription are listed below. Click on a glyph to browse other inscriptions in which it also appears.
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transcription:
Text inscribed in single line around tomb.
⋮ hυιου Τλασιαϝο Μενεκρατεος τοδε σαμα ⋮
Οιανθεος γενεαν, τοδε δ' αυτοι δαμος εποιει. ⋮
ες γαρ προξενϝος δαμου φιλος· αλλ' ενι ποντοι ⋮
ολετο, δαμοσιον δε καϙον ρο[ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ¯ = 15].⋮
Πραξιμενες δ' αυτο̄ι γ[αια]ς απο πατριδος ενθον ⋮
συν δαμ[ο]ι τοδε σαμα κασιγνετοιο πονεθε.⋮
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translation:
not available
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