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Lakonia
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description: Lak. III hydria inscribed by the Hunt Painter
catalogue number: 521
LSAG reference: 199.16a
date: c. 560 - 550 ?
object type: Hydria
region: PL
sub-region: Lakonia
archaeological context: Rhodes
    publications:
Laurenzi, Clara Rhodos vol. 8 pp. 85 ff

    archival material:
    local script: Lakonia
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: single line  writing orientation:other
writing direction:< right  number of characters:33 comments:
Four names, painted on a vase. One name written across two lines. Starting point: bottom right; direction: boustrophedon.

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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:

Ανιοχιδας. Αρχιλοχιδας. Δενομαχ-
ος. Συνις.

    translation:

not available