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description:
Gravestone of Androkles from Methana
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catalogue number: 477
LSAG reference: 181.01
date: c. 600 ?
object type:
Gravestone
region: PL
sub-region: Eastern Argolid
archaeological context: Methana
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publications:
Premerstein,
AM
vol. 34
(1909)
pp. 356 ff
DGE
no. 105
Friedlaender, P., Hoffleit, H.,
Epigrammata
no. 27
SEG
vol. 11
no. 391
Peek, W.,
Griechische Versinschriften
vol. i
no. 158
CEG
no. 137
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archival material:
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local script:
Methana & Troizen
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top left writing orientation:? horizontal
writing direction:left > & boustrophedon number of characters:71
comments: "At the first turn the mason continued in false boustrophedon (i.e., Schlangenschrift) but righted himself halfway through" (LSAG 175).
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:
Ευμαρε̅ς με πατε̅ρ Ανδροκ-
λεος ενταδε σαμα πο-
ιϝε̅σανς καταεθε̅κε
φιλο μναμα hυιεος εμ-
εν.
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translation:
not available
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