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description: Samian graffiti from the precinct of Hera at Naukratis
catalogue number: 1259
LSAG reference: 341.03a
date: c. 600 - 550 ?
object type: Sherd
region: EG
sub-region: Ionic Dodekapolis
archaeological context: Naukratis
    publications:
Petrie, Naukratis vol. 2 pp. 60 ff no. 841-8
Prinz, Funde auf Naukratis (1908) pp. 118

    archival material:
    local script: Samos
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: other  writing orientation:horizontal
writing direction:left > & < right  number of characters:22 comments:
Repetitive dedicatory graffiti. Rho: one example interpreted as rho 154 without tail.

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.

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