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description: Treaty between Elis and Heraia
catalogue number: 665
LSAG reference: 220.6
date: c. 500 ?
object type: Plaque
region: PL
sub-region: Elis
archaeological context: Olympia
    publications:
Olympia vol. 5 pp. 795 f no. 9
Roberts, E.S., An Introduction to Greek Epigraphy vol. 1 no. 291
BMC Bronzes no. 264
SGDI no. 1149
Roehl, H., Imagines Inscriptionum Graecarum antiquissimarum edition 3 pp. 111 no. 2
SIG edition 3 no. 9
DGE no. 413
GHI edition 2 no. 5
SEG vol. 11 no. 1182
Buck, C.D., The Greek Dialects edition 1 no. 62
ML no. 17

    archival material:
not available
    local script: Elis
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top left  writing orientation:horizontal
writing direction:left >  number of characters:100 comments:
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:

α ϝρατρα τοιρ Ϝαλειοις : και τοις Ερ-
ϝαο̅ιοις. : συνμαχια κ' εα εκατον ϝετεα, :
αρχοι δε κα τοϊ. : αι δε τι δεοι : αιτε ϝεπος αιτε ϝ-
αργον, : συνεαν κ' αλαλοις : τα τ' αλ<α> και πα-
ρ πολεμο. : αι δε μα συνεαν : ταλαντον κ'
αργυρο : αποτινοιαν : το̅ι Δι Ολυνπιο̅ι : τοι κα-
δαλε̅μενοι : λατρειο̅μενον. : αι δε τιρ τα γ-
αφεα : ταϊ καδαλεοιτο : αιτε ϝετας αιτε τ-
ελεστα : αιτε δαμος : εν τἐπιαρο̅ι κ' ενεχ-
οιτο το̅ι 'νταυτ' εγραμενο̅ι.

    translation:

not available