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Boiotia
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description: Grave stele of Agathon and Aristokrates from Thespiai
catalogue number: 143
LSAG reference: 95.14
date: c. 510 - 500
object type: Grave stele
region: CG
sub-region: Boiotia
archaeological context: Thespiai
    publications:
IG vol. vii no. 1890
DGE no. 479.i
Oikonomos, AE (1920) pp. 56 f
AAG pp. 102 f
Peek, W., Griechische Versinschriften vol. i no. 59
NM no. 32

    archival material:
    local script: Boiotia
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top left  writing orientation:horizontal
writing direction:left >  number of characters:26

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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:

μ̣ναμ' επ' Α̣γ̣αθο̅νι
κἀριστοκρατει.

    translation:

not available