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description: Sculptured stele dedicated to Artemis by Polystrate
catalogue number: 454
LSAG reference: 170.49
date: c. 415 - 400 ?
object type: Stele
region: PL
sub-region: Argos
archaeological context:
    publications:
Roehl, H., IGA no. 45
IG vol. iv no. 567
SGDI no. 3276
Roehl, H., Imagines Inscriptionum Graecarum antiquissimarum edition 3 pp. 40 no. 19
DGE no. 87
Furtwaengler, Meisterwerke no. 415
Blümel, Kat. Skulpt. Berlin vol. 3 (1928) pp. 55 f
Berlin Museum no. 682

    archival material:
    local script: Argos
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top left  writing orientation:horizontal
writing direction:left >  number of characters:17

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:

Πολυστρατα ανεθη-
κε

    translation:

not available