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description: Graffito for the dedication of a Herm (?) from a well in the Agora
catalogue number: 58
LSAG reference: 78.33
date: c. 550 - 525
object type: Sherd
region: CG
sub-region: Attica
archaeological context: Athens
    publications:
Shear, Hesperia vol. 8 (1939) pp. 258 no. 9
Agora Museum no. P12629
SEG vol. 22 no. 87

    archival material:
not available
    local script: Attica
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top left  writing orientation:horizontal?
writing direction:left >  number of characters:11 comments:
The graffito is likely to represent an imperfect draft of an inscription for a sculptor making a statue for a client.

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:
Hερμε̅ι
μ' αγαλμα vac.

    translation:

not available