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description: graffito on pot from Eretria (Greek excavations); late eighth century
catalogue number: 115
LSAG reference: 88.Bi.S434
date: late eighth century
object type: Pot
region: CG
sub-region: Euboia
archaeological context: Eretria
    publications:
Andriomenou, ASA vol. 59 (1981) no. 235


    archival material:
not available
    local script: Eretria
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: single line  writing orientation:other
writing direction:< right  number of characters:9

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:

[.]ο θυμοκα[- - - -]
hε̅ δ' αν το[- - -]
[-]μαλα̣[- - -].

    translation:

not available