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description: Grave monument of a boy and girl, Attica
catalogue number: 57
LSAG reference: 78.32
date: c. 540
object type: Funerary monument
region: CG
sub-region: Attica
archaeological context: Attica
    publications:
IG vol. i edition 2 no. 981
AAG pp. 64 ff
Friedlaender, P., Hoffleit, H., Epigrammata no. 61b
MMNYC no. 15
Peek, W., Griechische Versinschriften vol. i no. 148
MM no. 11.185
CEG no. 25
IG vol. i edition 3 no. 1241

    archival material:
not available
    local script: Attica
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top left  writing orientation:horizontal
writing direction:left >  number of characters:46 comments:
Several characters not fully preserved. Punctuation sign used.

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:

μνε̅μα φιλο̅ι με [˘ ¯ ˘]
πατε̅ρ επεθε̅κε θανοντ[ι],
χσυν δε φιλε̅ με̅τε̅ρ :
[¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯].

    translation:

not available