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description: Dedication of a sculptor (?)Alkidamas, from Keos
catalogue number: 1102
LSAG reference: 306.46
date: c. 525 to 500 ?
object type: Base?
region: AI
sub-region: Ionic Is. (Cen. & N. Aegean)
archaeological context: Keos
    publications:
IG vol. xii.5 no. 611
Roberts, E.S., An Introduction to Greek Epigraphy vol. 1 pp. 32
Roehl, H., Imagines Inscriptionum Graecarum antiquissimarum edition 3 pp. 57 no. 2
IG vol. xii.suppl. pp. 116
Friedlaender, P., Hoffleit, H., Epigrammata no. 148
CEG no. 410

    archival material:
    local script: Keos
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top left  writing orientation:horizontal?
writing direction:left >  number of characters:65

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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:

[ ¯ ˘ Αθε]ναιες χρυσαιγιδεος οβριμ[οπ]α̣[τρες]
[ ¯ ˘ ηποιε]σην Σιφνιος Αλκιδαμας
[¯ ¯ ¯ ˘]η τ' ηξηπον[ε]σ̣' α̣ν̣α̣λ̣οτα φυλα [c. 4]
[¯ ¯ ¯]νατ̣[- - -].

    translation:

not available