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description: Painted signature on rim of an imported clay dinos, from Smyrna
catalogue number: 1357
LSAG reference: 345.68a.S473
date: c. 650
object type: Dinos
region: EG
sub-region: Ionic Dodekapolis
archaeological context: Smyrna
    publications:
Jeffery, BSA vol. 59 (1964) pp. 45 no. 1
EG vol. 1 no. 271
I.Smyrna no. 805

    archival material:
not available
    local script: Smyrna
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: single line  writing orientation:circle
writing direction:left >  number of characters:12

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:

Ιστροκλεης μ' ε.[- -]

    translation:

not available