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Naxos (Cyclades)
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description: Stele made by Alxenor of Naxos, from Boiotia
catalogue number: 1050
LSAG reference: 304.12
date: c. 490 to 475 ?
object type: Stele
region: AI
sub-region: Ionic Is. (Cen. & N. Aegean)
archaeological context: Boiotia
    publications:
IG vol. vii no. 3225
Roberts, E.S., An Introduction to Greek Epigraphy vol. 1 no. 28
SGDI no. 5422
Roehl, H., Imagines Inscriptionum Graecarum antiquissimarum edition 3 pp. 66 no. 5
DGE no. 761
Richter, G.M.A., The Sculpture and Sculptors of the Greeks edition 3 no. 132
CEG no. 150

    archival material:
    local script: Naxos (Cyclades)
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: single line  writing orientation:horizontal?
writing direction:left >  number of characters:33

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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:

Αλχσηνο̅ρ̣ ε̣πο̣ιησεν hο Ναχσιος· αλλ' εσιδε̣[σθε].

    translation:

not available