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Naxos (Cyclades)
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description: Middle Geometric krater sherd inscribed, right to left, on inner wall, presumably after breakage
catalogue number: 1053
LSAG reference: 304.A.S466
date: 8th century
object type: Krater
region: AI
sub-region: Ionic Is. (Cen. & N. Aegean)
archaeological context: Naxos
    publications:
Lambrinoudakis, PAE (1981) pp. 294

    archival material:
    local script: Naxos (Cyclades)
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: single line  writing orientation:horizontal
writing direction:< right  number of characters:7

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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:

LSAG p419
[- - -]ο̣ α(?)πλοι̣(?)εος[- - -].
J.AI.Naxos.A.S.p1
απ̣λ̣οεος

    translation:

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