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description: Gravestone of Timo
catalogue number: 1185
LSAG reference: 316.20
date: c.525
object type: Gravestone
region: AI
sub-region: Doric Islands (S. Aegean)
archaeological context: Chersonesos
    publications:
Petrou-Mesogeites, ELLHNIKA vol. 10 (1938) pp. 204ff
Karouzos, Aristodikos

    archival material:
    local script: Crete
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: single line  writing orientation:horizontal?
writing direction:< right  number of characters:23 comments:
Punctuation sign used.

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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:

Τιμος ημι.
Ευαγρος μ' εστ-
ασε.

    translation:

not available