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description: Graffito on one of a series of small cups and bowls from a shrine on Hymettos.
catalogue number: 5
LSAG reference: 76.03b
date: first quarter to end of 7th c. BC
object type: Cup
region: CG
sub-region: Attica
archaeological context: Hymettos
    publications:
Blegen, C., AJA vol. 38 (1934) pp. 10ff
Young, R.S., Hesperia Suppl. vol. 2 (1939) pp. 227
Young, R.S., AJA vol. 44 (1940) pp. 1ff
Hesperia Suppl. vol. 16 pp. passim
JHS vol. 98 (1978) pp. 202-203

    archival material:
not available
    local script: Attica
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top right  writing orientation:horizontal?
writing direction:< right  number of characters:30

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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:
Ν̣ι̣[ϙο]δε̅μος (Μ̣[ενε]δε̅μος?) Φ̣[ιλ]α̣ι̣ι̣δε̅ς καταπυγο̅ν. Λεο̅[φρα]δ̣ε̅ς ερι̣[erased].
    translation:

not available