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description: Stone copy of a dedicatory inscription commemorating the battle of Tanagra, Olympia
catalogue number: 321
LSAG reference: 132.38
date: c. 458
object type: Stele
region: PL
sub-region: Corinth
archaeological context: Olympia
    publications:
Olympia vol. 5 no. 253
Roehl, H., Imagines Inscriptionum Graecarum antiquissimarum edition 3 pp. 44 no. 11
NC no. 160
GHI edition 2 pp. 259 no. 27
Olympia Museum no. 1067+40+830

    archival material:
    local script: Corinth
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top left  writing orientation:horizontal
writing direction:left >  number of characters:38

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:

[ναϝος μεν φιαλαν χρυσεα]ν εχει· εγ δε [Ταναγρας]
[τοι Λακεδαιμονιοι συν]μ̣αχια τ' αν[εθεν]
[δο̅ρον απ' Αργειο̅ν και Αθα]ναιο̅ν και [Ιανο̅ν],
[ταν δεκαταν νικας hειν]ε̣κα του πο̣[λεμου].
[- - -] Κορ[ινθιο]ι̣ [- - -
- - -]ρ[- - -].
    translation:

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