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description: Bronze plaque for a dedication of spoils, Megara
catalogue number: 338
LSAG reference: 137.08
date: c 450 - 440 ?
object type: Plaque
region: PL
sub-region: Megara
archaeological context: Megara
    publications:
IG vol. vii no. 37
SGDI no. 3001
Roberts, E.S., An Introduction to Greek Epigraphy vol. 1 no. 113
Roehl, H., Imagines Inscriptionum Graecarum antiquissimarum edition 3 pp. 53 no. 3
DGE no. 149(2)
Highbarger, History of Ancient Megara (1927) pp. 45 f
Friedlaender, P., Hoffleit, H., Epigrammata no. 23
Peek, Studies...D.M.Robinson vol. 2 (1953) pp. 325 f
SEG vol. 13 no. 307
CEG no. 361

    archival material:
    local script: Megara
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top left  writing orientation:horizontal
writing direction:left >  number of characters:32

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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:

[τ]οιδε απο λα̣[ι]
σ̣ταν δεκατα[ν]
ανεθε̅καν Αθα̣
ναι.

    translation:

not available