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Lakonia
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description: Marble seat belonging to the Lakonian Gorgos, proxenos of Elis, at Olympia
catalogue number: 520
LSAG reference: 199.15
date: c. 600 - 550 ?
object type: Seat
region: PL
sub-region: Lakonia
archaeological context: Olympia
    publications:
Kunze and Schleif, Olympiabericht vol. 4 (1944) pp. 164 ff
SEG vol. 11 no. 1180a

    archival material:
    local script: Lakonia
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: single line  writing orientation:horizontal / vertical
writing direction:< right  number of characters:33

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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:

Γοργος
Λακεδαιμονι-
ος προξενος
Ϝαλειο̅ν.

    translation:

not available