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Lakonia
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description: Ivory plaque of a ship, from the site of Artemis Orthia
catalogue number: 502
LSAG reference: 198.01
date: late 7th c.
object type: Plaque
region: PL
sub-region: Lakonia
archaeological context: Sparta
    publications:
Droop, BSA vol. 13 (1906-7) pp. 100 ff
AO pp. 370 no. 169.25
IG vol. v.1 no. 252b
Kirk, BSA vol. 44 (1949) pp. 121 f

    archival material:
    local script: Lakonia
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: single line  writing orientation:horizontal
writing direction:< right  number of characters:7 comments:
The earliest surviving Lakonian inscription

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:

Ϝορθ̣αι̣α

    translation:

not available