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description: Monument of Idameneus, from Kamiros
catalogue number: 1375
LSAG reference: 356.05
date: c. 600 - 575 ?
object type: Funerary monument
region: EG
sub-region: Doric Hexapolis & Neighbours
archaeological context: Kameiros
    publications:
IG vol. xii edition 1 no. 737
CEG no. 459


    archival material:
    local script: Rhodes
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top left  writing orientation:horizontal
writing direction:boustrophedon  number of characters:65

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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:

σαμα τοζ' Ιδα-
μενευς ποιη-
σα hινα κλεος
ειη,
Ζευ<ς> δε νιν οστις
πημαινοι λειο̅-
λη θειη̣.

    translation:

not available