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description: Inscription cut later (?)on a silver pin of the 7th or early 6th c. from the Heraion
catalogue number: 415
LSAG reference: 168.14
date: c. 550 - 525 ?
object type: Pin
region: PL
sub-region: Argos
archaeological context: Argive Heraion
    publications:
DeCou, AH vol. 2 pp. 339
IG vol. iv no. 508
BMC Jewellery no. 1250
Jacobsthal, Greek Pins (1956) no. 31

    archival material:
    local script: Argos
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: single line  writing orientation:vertical
writing direction:left >  number of characters:8

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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:

τας hε̅ρας.

    translation:

not available