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Lakonia
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description: Fragment of a bronze plaque dedicated at Olympia
catalogue number: 517
LSAG reference: 199.12
date: c. 600 - 550 ?
object type: Plaque
region: PL
sub-region: Lakonia
archaeological context: Olympia
    publications:
Ol. vol. 5 no. 263
IG vol. v.1 no. 1561
Olympia Museum no. 625

    archival material:
    local script: Lakonia
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top right  writing orientation:uncertain
writing direction:boustrophedon  number of characters:13 comments:
One character unclear.

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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:

[τοι Διϝι Ολυνπιοι τ]-
αδ' αν̣[εθεκε Α.(name, son of, = 17 letters) ο Σπα]-
ρτια[τας - - -].
or, for -αδ' αν- (line 2), substitute -αδας̣ ἀ[νεθεκε]

    translation:

not available