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description: Block inscribed 'Artam' from near the Menelaion
catalogue number: 518
LSAG reference: 199.13
date: c. 600 - 550 ?
object type: Block
region: PL
sub-region: Lakonia
archaeological context: Menelaion
    publications:
Woodward, BSA vol. 15 (1908-9) pp. 87,91
IG vol. v.1 no. 224

    archival material:
    local script: Lakonia
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: single line  writing orientation:horizontal
writing direction:left >  number of characters:5 comments:
"Cutting on the upper surface" Ligature -am-

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:

Αρταμ̣

    translation:

not available