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Arkadia
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description: Series of clay counters inscribed with proper names, from Mantinea
catalogue number: 650
LSAG reference: 216.37
date: c. 450 - 400
object type: Counter
region: PL
sub-region: Arkadia
archaeological context: Mantinea
    publications:
IG vol. v.2 no. 323

    archival material:
    local script: Arkadia
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: single line  writing orientation:
writing direction:left >  number of characters:39 comments:
Lettering ranging from 2nd half of 5th to 3rd century BC. The three examples illustrated in LSAG Plate 41.37 have been collated.

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:

Ϝριψιδας
Ερατιαυ.
Ϝισϝοδαμος
Πανθιος.
Διαιθο̅ν.

    translation:

not available