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browsing: glyph used as "theta" item number: 23 of 154 Thessaly back to browse list new search/browse     photographs: not available     description: Base for a funeral column with sphinx, Demetrias catalogue number: 181 LSAG reference: 99.08 date: c. 450 ? object type: Funerary monument region: CG sub-region: Thessaly archaeological context: Demetrias     publications: Arvanitopoullos, Polemon vol. 2 (1934-8) pp. 47 ff Peek, Gnomon vol. 14 (1938) no. 476 Brommer, AM vol. 65 (1940) pp. 108 no. 1 Friedlaender, P., Hoffleit, H., Epigrammata no. 139A Peek, W., Griechische Versinschriften vol. i no. 1831 Volos Museum no. 650 CEG no. 120     archival material:     local script: Thessaly inscription script analysis: writing starting point: top left  writing orientation:? horizontal writing direction:left >  number of characters:39 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 ζ α η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π M ρ σ τ υ φ χ ψ ω punct.     transcription: epigraphic layout σφιξ, hαιδ̣[α]ο κυον, τ̣ι̣ν ε[χοσα · · ·] οπι̣δ̣[· ·φυ]λασεις : hεμεν[α εν φ]- ρο[ραι κα]δο[ς] α̣π̣οφθιμ[ενο : ] ξε[νε, - - -]. metrical layout 'σφιξ, hαιδ̣[α]ο κυον, τ̣ι̣ν ε[χοσα · · ·] | οπι̣δ̣[· ·φυ]λασεις : hεμεν[α εν φ]|ρο[ραι κα]δο[ς] α̣π̣οφθιμ[ενο : '] 'ξε[νε, - - -].     translation: not available