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description: Inscribed wall-blocks and steps from the temple of Apollo Pythios
catalogue number: 1156
LSAG reference: 315.02
date: c. 600 to 525?
object type: Wall
region: AI
sub-region: Doric Islands (S. Aegean)
archaeological context: Gortyn
    publications:
IC vol. 4 no. 1-40

    archival material:
    local script: Crete
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top right  writing orientation:horizontal?
writing direction:boustrophedon  number of characters:40 comments:
Punctuation sign used. Tall, thin, long-tailed letters.

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:

Sections in curved brackets not illustrated in LSAG pl. 59.
(ϙοσμος ο επισ)τας
αι μη εστεισαιτο, αϝτ([ον ο]π̣ηλεν
και τον τιταν
αι μη 'στεισαιτο τ[- - -]. τρι[ο̄])ν ϝετιο̄ν τον αϝτον μη ϙοσ(μεν,
δεκα μεν γνο̄μονας,
πεντε [δε κσ]ενιος.)
(IC iv.14)

    translation:

not available