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description: Abusive inscription on a stone block, Tenos
catalogue number: 1110
LSAG reference: 306.51
date: c. 500 to 450 ?
object type: Block
region: AI
sub-region: Ionic Is. (Cen. & N. Aegean)
archaeological context: Tenos Is
    publications:
Kontoleon, PAE vol. 1949 pp. 133 f

    archival material:
    local script: Tenos
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top left  writing orientation:horizontal?
writing direction:left >  number of characters:36

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:

Πυριης Ακη̣στο-
ρος
οιφολης·
Θρη<ι>σα καταπυγων.

    translation:

not available