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Sikyon
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description: Fragment of a greave or breastplate dedicated at Olympia
catalogue number: 365
LSAG reference: 143.14a.S442
date: c. 475
object type: Armour
region: PL
sub-region: Sikyon
archaeological context: Olympia
    publications:
Kunze, Ol. Ber vol. 8 (1972) pp. 96-7 no. Abb. 33
Corinth Museum no. B 3006

    archival material:
    local script: Sikyon
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: single line  writing orientation:uncertain
writing direction:< right  number of characters:7

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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:

[τοί Σεκυϝόνι]οι ἀνέθε̣[ν τοῖ Διϝι].

    translation:

not available