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description:
Later copy of a 5th cent. dedication by 'the (Mes)sanioi' to Apollo at Delphi
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catalogue number: 601
LSAG reference: 206.08
date: c. 500 - 450 ?
object type:
Base
region: PL
sub-region: Messenia
archaeological context: Delphi
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publications:
Daux,
BCH
vol. 61
(1937)
pp. 67 ff
FD
vol. 3.4
no. 451
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archival material:
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local script:
Messenia
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top left writing orientation:horizontal
writing direction:left > number of characters:14
comments: Apparently re-inscribed in 2c BC; the additional 2c text is ignored.
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:
(below)
[Απολλο̅νι?] Πυ[θιο̅ι] ανεθεν [Μεσ]σανιοι.
(above, 2nd c. B.C.)
[Μεσσαν]ιο[ι Απο]λλων[νι Πυ]θιωι.
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translation:
not available
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