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Thessaly
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description: Stele bearing the record of a roof (or building) provided by Kolouros as judge, from Orminion (?), Magnesia
catalogue number: 173
LSAG reference: 99.02
date: c. 550 ?
object type: Stele
region: CG
sub-region: Thessaly
archaeological context: Orminion
    publications:
Arvanitopoullos, Polemon vol. 1 (1929) pp. 216 ff
Volos Museum no. 782
SEG vol. 29 no. 548

    archival material:
    local script: Thessaly
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top left  writing orientation:vertical
writing direction:left > & boustrophedon  number of characters:61 comments:
See LSAG p50 on mixed directions. Paragraphs. Upsilon is always upside-down. Sigma and its mirror image used interchangeably, irrespective of direction of line of writing

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:

Ανδροϙυδε̅ς εϙρουσε.
Ϙολουρος δικαστορευϝο̅ν
ετευξε ο Παισιαδας το τεγος.
    translation:

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