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description: Capital erected by Timokles, from the area of the Heraion
catalogue number: 417
LSAG reference: 169.16
date: c. 525 - 500 ?
object type: Capital
region: PL
sub-region: Argos
archaeological context: Argive Heraion
    publications:
Richardson and Wheeler, AH vol. 1 pp. 202 no. 3
IG vol. iv no. 510
Daly, Hesperia vol. 8 (1939) pp. 165 no. 2
Moretti, L., Iscrizioni agonistiche greche no. 7
SEG vol. 14 no. 315

    archival material:
    local script: Argos
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: single line  writing orientation:horizontal
writing direction:left >  number of characters:42 comments:
Inscription in two parts. Starting point of the second: top left.

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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:

16a
[- - - εν?] Νεμεαι Τεγεαι τε [- - -]
[- - - Κλ]ετορι Πελλαναι [- - -].
16b
Τιμοκ<λ>ε̅ς μ' εθε̅κε.

    translation:

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