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description: Fragment of stele bearing a lex sacrae from Tiryns
catalogue number: 394
LSAG reference: 150.08
date: c. 600 - 550 ?
object type: Stele
region: PL
sub-region: Phleious, Kleonai (with Nemea), Tiryns
archaeological context: Tiryns
    publications:
Peek, AM vol. 66 (1941) pp. 198 ff no. 5
SEG vol. 11 no. 369
Nauplion Museum no. 2463

    archival material:
    local script: Tiryns
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top right  writing orientation:horizontal
writing direction:boustrophedon  number of characters:58 comments:
Punctuation sign used. Many characters not fully preserved.

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:

side a:
[- - -]αρχ̣[α]ι [- - -
- - -] α̣ρ̣χ̣εν ⋮ [- - -
- - -]καν ⋮ ν̣η[- - -
- - -]ε
ανοιγο[ντο̅? - - -
- - -]ν̣ καθ̣[- - -
- - -? μηδ]ε hα̣[- - -
- - -]
side b:
αγοι[- - -
- - -]ξα και̣ τ̣[- - -
- - -]σ̣τ̣ο̅ ⋮ hο λαχο̅[ν - - -
- - - ε]π̣ι̣θετας κα[- - -
- - -] ε̣γ̣ δ̣α̣μ̣ο̣[- - -
- - -].

    translation:

not available