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description: Base of a bronze statue dedicated to Apollo at Delphi by the Samians
catalogue number: 1278
LSAG reference: 342.17
date: c. 479 ?
object type: Base
region: EG
sub-region: Ionic Dodekapolis
archaeological context: Delphi
    publications:
Pomtow, Klio vol. 15 (1918) pp. 60 f no. 87
SIG edition 3 no. 20
Delphi Museum no. 1790

    archival material:
    local script: Samos
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top left  writing orientation:horizontal
writing direction:left >  number of characters:15

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:

Σαμιοι
τὠπολλωνι.

    translation:

not available