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Lemnos
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description: Boundary stone in Attic script from Myrrhina
catalogue number: 1120
LSAG reference: 307.58
date: c. 500 to 480 ?
object type: Boundary marker
region: AI
sub-region: Ionic Is. (Cen. & N. Aegean)
archaeological context: Myrrhina
    publications:
Segre, Ann vol. 15-16 (1932-3) pp. 294 ff

    archival material:
    local script: Lemnos
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top left  writing orientation:horizontal
writing direction:left >  number of characters:26

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:

hορος
τω τεμ-
ενως τε̅-
ς Αρτε-
μιδος.

    translation:

not available