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browsing: glyph used as "lambda" item number: 42 of 93 Arkadia back to browse list new search/browse     photographs: not available     description: Stele dedicated to Athena Alea by an athlete, Tegea catalogue number: 612 LSAG reference: 215.05 date: c. 525 - 500 ? object type: Stele region: PL sub-region: Arkadia archaeological context: Tegea     publications: Rhomaios, BCH vol. 36 (1912) pp. 353 ff IG vol. v.2 no. 75 DGE no. 650 Friedlaender, P., Hoffleit, H., Epigrammata no. 155 SEG vol. 11 no. 1065 SEG vol. 30 no. 419 Tegea Museum no. 1310     archival material:     local script: Arkadia inscription script analysis: writing starting point: top left  writing orientation:vertical writing direction:Schlangenschrift (false boustr.)  number of characters:29 comments: Victor's dedication: a Lakonian offering. 13 of 29 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: [- - -]ιος hαλεαι μ' ανε[θε̅κε - - - - - -] α̣ϝεθλ̣[ον] κ̣α̣ι̣ τἐ̣π̣ι̣ο̣ν̣τ̣α̣ λ̣[αβεν?].     translation: not available