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description: "Inscribed blocks from the ""Odeion"" and elsewhere."
catalogue number: 1160
LSAG reference: 315.05
date: c. 500 to 450?
object type: Block
region: AI
sub-region: Doric Islands (S. Aegean)
archaeological context: Gortyn
    publications:
IC vol. 4 no. 25-61, 65-71

    archival material:
not available
    local script: Crete
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top left  writing orientation:horizontal
writing direction:boustrophedon  number of characters:100 comments:
More inscriptions: IC, IV, 52-61; 65-71

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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:

[θι]οι̣
το̄ι Ζε̄νι το̄ι [- - -]
[- - -] οιις θε̄λεια λευκα, το δε κο[- - -]
[- - - α]μμνα, τα{τα}νδ-
ε βοιαν ο ιαρε[υς - - -]
[- - -]α ταδε παρθυμ-
αται περιϝοι[- - -]
[- - -]τε τριινς κἀμ-
ν̣αν, το̄ν δ' αλλο̄[ν - - -]
[- - -] μεδιμνιαια
και τυρο ε̄μιπ[- - -].
(IC iv.65).

    translation:

not available