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browsing: glyph used as "theta" item number: 83 of 202 Argos back to browse list new search/browse     photographs: not available     description: Stele dedicated by Aischyllos, from Argos catalogue number: 418 LSAG reference: 169.17 date: c. 500 - 480 ? object type: Stele region: PL sub-region: Argos archaeological context: Argos     publications: IG vol. iv no. 561 Roehl, H., IGA no. 37 SGDI no. 3267 Roehl, H., Imagines Inscriptionum Graecarum antiquissimarum edition 3 pp. 38 no. 48 DGE no. 82 Vollgraff, Mnemosyne vol. 58 (1930) pp. 30 ff Friedlaender, P., Hoffleit, H., Epigrammata no. 51 SEG vol. 11 no. 328 Moretti, L., Iscrizioni agonistiche greche no. 10 SEG vol. 14 no. 317     archival material:     local script: Argos inscription script analysis: writing starting point: top left  writing orientation:horizontal writing direction:left >  number of characters:86 comments: Almost completely stiochedon. Punctuation sign used. 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 ζ α η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π M ρ σ τ υ φ χ ψ ω punct.     transcription: [?βο̅μον νικασας ϝαν]- αϙο̅ν ανεθε̅κε [βα- σι]ν τε Αισχυλλο[ς] Θιοπος τοις δαμ- οσιοις εν αεθλο- ις ⋮ τετρακι τε σ[παδιον νικε̅ κα[ι] τρις τον οπλιτα̣[ν].     translation: not available