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browsing: glyph used as "chi" item number: 28 of 37 Elis back to browse list new search/browse     photographs: not available     description: Boustrophedon fragment of a law on a bronze plaque catalogue number: 661 LSAG reference: 220.02 date: c. 525 ? object type: Plaque region: PL sub-region: Elis archaeological context: Olympia     publications: Ol. vol. 5 edition 1 Roehl, H., IGA no. 109 Roberts, E.S., An Introduction to Greek Epigraphy vol. 1 no. 290 SGDI no. 1147 Roehl, H., Imagines Inscriptionum Graecarum antiquissimarum edition 3 pp. 111 no. 1 Olympia Museum no. 554     archival material:     local script: Elis inscription script analysis: writing starting point: top left  writing orientation:? horizontal writing direction:left > & boustrophedon  number of characters:100 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: [- - -]φε̣ρ̣ο[·]α̣[- - - - - - ι]α̣ρ̣ομαοι αι μα πεν[- - - - - -] αι τιρ μαιτο χρε̅εστ[αι - - - - - -]θαι Ολυνπιαι αι ζα[- - - - - -]ον αι τιρ ταυτα πα[ρβαινοι - - - - - -]ρ ορ τιρ τοκα θεοκολ̣[εοι - - - - - - το̅ι] Αι Ολυνπιο̅ι λατραι̣[ο̅μεν - - - - - - το̅ι] Ζ̣ι Ολυνπι̣οι τοι ζ[- - -].     translation: not available