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browsing: glyph used as "nu" item number: 97 of 168 Lakonia back to browse list new search/browse     photographs: not available     description: Base of an offering dedicated by the Lakedaimonians to Zeus at Olympia catalogue number: 562 LSAG reference: 201.49 date: c. 490 ? object type: Base region: PL sub-region: Lakonia archaeological context: Olympia     publications: Olympia vol. 5 no. 252 IG vol. v.1 no. 1562 SGDI no. 4405 Roberts, E.S., An Introduction to Greek Epigraphy vol. 1 no. 261 Roehl, H., Imagines Inscriptionum Graecarum antiquissimarum edition 3 pp. 102 no. 20 DGE no. 7 Hiller, Hist. griech. Epigramme no. 13 Arvanitopoullos, Epigraphike vol. 2 pp. 231 f Friedlaender, P., Hoffleit, H., Epigrammata no. 113 Jeffery, JHS vol. 69 (1949) pp. 26 ff Buck, C.D., The Greek Dialects edition 1 no. 68 SEG vol. 11 no. 1203a ML no. 22 SEG vol. 32 no. 413 CEG no. 367 Olympia Museum no. 43+510     archival material:     local script: Lakonia inscription script analysis: writing starting point: top left  writing orientation:horizontal writing direction:left >  number of characters:54 comments: Many characters unclear. 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 ζ α η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π M ρ σ τ υ φ χ ψ ω punct.     transcription: [δεξ]ο̣ ϝ̣α̣ν[α]ξ̣ Κρον[ι]δ̣α{ι} Δ̣ευ Ολυνπι̣ε̣ καλον αγ̣αλμα hιλε̅ϝο̅[ι Θυ]μο̅ι̣ τ̣οι(λ) Λακεδαιμονιο̣[ις].     translation: not available