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description:
Main inscription (Doric dialect) and some of the names cut by Greek mercenaries at Abou Simbel
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catalogue number: 1428
LSAG reference: 358.48a
date: c. 591
object type:
Architectural element
region: EG
sub-region: Doric Hexapolis & Neighbours
archaeological context: Abou Simbel
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publications:
Roehl, H.,
Imagines Inscriptionum Graecarum antiquissimarum
edition 3
pp. 18 f
no. 1
Bernard and Masson,
REG
(1957)
pp. 1 ff
no. 1,5,6
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archival material:
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local script:
Greeks in Egypt
inscription script analysis:
not available
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transcription:
Βασιλεος ελθοντος ες Ελεφαντιναν Ψαματιχο
ταυτα εγραψαν τοι συν Ψαμματιχο̅ι το̅ι Θεοχλος
επλεον· ηλθον δε Κερκιος κατυπερθε υις ο ποταμος
ανιη· αλογλο̅σος δ' ηγε Ποτασιμτο̅, Αιγυπτιος δε Αμασις.
εγραφε δ' αμε Αρχο̅ν Αμοιβιχο και Πελεϙος οὐδαμο.
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translation:
not available
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