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description: Column bearing a dedication to Athena, Delos
catalogue number: 1092
LSAG reference: 306.42
date: c. 525 to 500 ?
object type: Column
region: AI
sub-region: Ionic Is. (Cen. & N. Aegean)
archaeological context: Delos
    publications:
ID no. 15
Gallet de Santerre, Délos primitive et archaique (1958) pp. 264

    archival material:
    local script: Delos
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top left  writing orientation:vertical
writing direction:left >  number of characters:37

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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:

[- - -]ος παιδης το Δη̣λιο ανηθησαν Α̣θηναι̣ει Πολια̣δ̣[ι].

    translation:

not available