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Eretria (attrib. to)
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description: Imitation of a PC aryballos, by Pyrrhos son of Agasileos
catalogue number: 105
LSAG reference: 88.22
date: c. 650 ?
object type: Aryballos
region: CG
sub-region: Euboia
archaeological context:
    publications:
SGDI no. 5292
Johansen, Les Vases sicyoniense no. 171
Hoppin, Handbook of Greek BF Vases (1924) no. 1
Buck, C.D., The Greek Dialects edition 1 pp. 192 no. 9
Lejeune, REA vol. 47 (1945) no. 103
Boston MFA no. 98.900

    archival material:
not available
    local script: Eretria (attrib. to)
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: single line  writing orientation:horizontal
writing direction:< right  number of characters:23 comments:
Alpha and sigma are inverted as a result of a technical error. The pot was placed, and the painter wrote, upside down.

Letter forms found in this inscription are listed below. Click on a glyph to browse other inscriptions in which it also appears.
α β γ δ ε Digamma ζ α η Heta θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π M Koppa ρ σ τ υ φ χ ψ ω Sampi punct.

    transcription:

Πυρος μ' εποιε̅σεν Αγασιλε̅ϝο.
    translation:

not available