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Naxos (Cyclades)
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description: Cylindrical member of marble grave monument, boustrophedon, from near Sangri, Naxos
catalogue number: 1057
LSAG reference: 304.E.S466
date: c. 525 to 500
object type: Monument
region: AI
sub-region: Ionic Is. (Cen. & N. Aegean)
archaeological context: Sangri
    publications:
Lambrinoudakis, PAE (1977) pp. 382
Matthaiou, Horos vol. 2 (1984) pp. 167-74
SEG vol. 34 no. 855

    archival material:
    local script: Naxos (Cyclades)
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top left  writing orientation:horizontal?
writing direction:boustrophedon  number of characters:39 comments:
Punctuation sign used.

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:

⋮ Ληνκαρίο̅ν ⋮ ἐηπό-
ιε̅σήν ⋮ μη ⋮ Θεολίστεο̅ ⋮ μν̣η̣̅μ̣α.
OR
⋮ Λευκαρίων ⋮ ἐηπό-
ιησέν ⋮ με ⋮ Θεολίστεο̅ ⋮ μνη̅μα.

    translation:

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