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description: Gravestone of the Athenian Antistates from Aigina
catalogue number: 265
LSAG reference: 113.19
date: c. 450 ?
object type: Gravestone
region: CG
sub-region: Aigina
archaeological context: Aigina
    publications:
Roehl, H., IGA no. 368
IG vol. iv no. 50
Roehl, H., Imagines Inscriptionum Graecarum antiquissimarum edition 3 pp. 69 no. 14
Friedlaender, P., Hoffleit, H., Epigrammata no. 76
Peek, W., Griechische Versinschriften vol. i no. 1209
Athens, EM no. 10626
CEG no. 129

    archival material:
    local script: Aigina
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top left  writing orientation:horizontal
writing direction:left >  number of characters:95

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:

epigraphic format:
Χαιρετε οι παριο-
ντες εγο̅ δε Αντιστα-
τε̅ς hυιος Αταρβο κειμαι
τε̅ιδε θανο̅ν, πατριδα
γε̅ν προλιπο̅ν. Αντιστατε̅ς
Αθε̅ναιος.
metrical format:
Χαιρετε οι παριο|ντες εγο̅ δε Αντιστα|τε̅ς hυιος Αταρβο
κειμαι | τε̅ιδε θανο̅ν, πατριδα | γε̅ν προλιπο̅ν. Αντιστατε̅ς | Αθε̅ναιος.

    translation:

not available