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Lakonia
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description: Part of a stele bearing an inscription, possibly a victory-list
catalogue number: 563
LSAG reference: 201.50
date: c. 500 - 475 ?
object type: Stele
region: PL
sub-region: Lakonia
archaeological context:
    publications:
Tod and Wace, Cat. Sparta Mus. no. 75
IG vol. v.1 no. 721
Kirsten, Das Insel Kreta (1936) pp. 12 f
Sparta Museum no. 625

    archival material:
    local script: Lakonia
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top left  writing orientation:horizontal
writing direction:boustrophedon  number of characters:29

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:

[- - -]τε δα[μοσια? - - - ενικασεν ?]ανδρα[ς]
hελον[- - -αλλ]ο̣θ'? hαι[π]-
ερ ται̣ [- - -]αι̣ραι

    translation:

not available