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Lakonia
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description: Neck of an oinochoe with remains of a dedication, from the precinct of Athena Chalkioikos
catalogue number: 508
LSAG reference: 198.04
date: Early 6th c.
object type: Oinochoe
region: PL
sub-region: Lakonia
archaeological context: Sparta
    publications:
Droop, BSA vol. 28 (1926-7) pp. 70
Lane, BSA vol. 34 (1933-4) pp. 174
SEG vol. 11 no. 666

    archival material:
    local script: Lakonia
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: single line  writing orientation:other
writing direction:left >  number of characters:16

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:

ανεθε̅κεν Αθαναια<ι>
[J.PL.Lak.02a.p02 & .04.p01 show two additional characters to the right of the main inscription following a space. These read ?ΛΔ.

    translation:

not available