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Miletos
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description: Dedication in false boustrophedon on a colossal kouros leg from Didyma
catalogue number: 1308
LSAG reference: 343.H.S473
date: c. 550 - 525
object type: Kouros
region: EG
sub-region: Ionic Dodekapolis
archaeological context: Didyma
    publications:
Tuchelt, Die archaischen Skulpturen von Didyma (1970) pp. 56, 117 no. K 9 bis

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    local script: Miletos
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top right  writing orientation:horizontal
writing direction:Schlangenschrift (false boustr.)  number of characters:27

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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.

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