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browsing: glyph used as "alpha" item number: 28 of 30 Samothrace back to browse list new search/browse     photographs: not available     description: Graffiti of the late 6th and 5th c. from the sanctuary of the Great Gods, Samothrace. catalogue number: 1119 LSAG reference: 307.57 date: late 6th century and 5th century object type: Vase region: AI sub-region: Ionic Is. (Cen. & N. Aegean) archaeological context: Samothrace     publications: Lehmann, Hesperia vol. 24 (1955) pp. 93 ff Samothrace vol. 2.2 pp. Passim     archival material:     local script: Samothrace inscription script analysis: writing starting point: single line  writing orientation:uncertain writing direction:uncertain  number of characters:18 comments: Written in the original non-Greek language of the island. 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 ζ α η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π M ρ σ τ υ φ χ ψ ω punct.     transcription: [---εποτεψε̣νευσαντοκαε[---]     translation: not available