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description: Base of the dedication of Pythokles at Olympia, signed by Polykleitos
catalogue number: 450
LSAG reference: 170.45
date: c. 450 - 425 ?
object type: Base
region: PL
sub-region: Argos
archaeological context: Olympia
    publications:
Olympia vol. 5 pp. 162-3
Loewy, E., IGB no. 91
SGDI no. 3275
Richter, G.M.A., The Sculpture and Sculptors of the Greeks edition 3 pp. 246 f
Olympia Museum no. 675

    archival material:
    local script: Argos
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: single line  writing orientation:horizontal
writing direction:left >  number of characters:6

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:

a Πυθοκλ[ε̅ς - - -].
b Πολυκλετος [- - -].

    translation:

not available