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browsing: glyph used as "gamma" item number: 49 of 107 Akarnania back to browse list new search/browse     photographs: not available     description: Bronze plaque with a proxeny-decree, Stratos catalogue number: 721 LSAG reference: 229.11 date: c. 425 - 400 ? object type: Plaque region: NW sub-region: Akarnania & Epeiros archaeological context: Stratos     publications: Joubin, BCH vol. 17 (1893) pp. 445 ff IG vol. ix.1 pp. 211 no. 442 Roehl, H., Imagines Inscriptionum Graecarum antiquissimarum edition 3 pp. 56 no. 3 DGE no. 394 IG vol. ix.1 edition 2 no. 390 NM no. 10760     archival material:     local script: Akarnania inscription script analysis: writing starting point: top left  writing orientation:horizontal writing direction:left >  number of characters:100 comments: Published drawings show minor discrepancies in letter forms. Re-evaluation may be necessary using better illustrations or autopsy. 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: εδοξε ται πολιτων Στρατι- ων Λυσιαι τωι Καλλια τωι Με- γαρει και Αριστιωνι τωι Λυσι- α και Καλλιπωι (sic) τωι Λυσια πρ- οξενιαν δομεν και προυσ- μιαν και προπραξιαν αυτοι- ς και γενεαι. προευγυσι· Γροτ- τ0ς, Βρ̣[υ]σων, Τεισανδρος. και ατελειαν. Βολαργος ες Σπι- υθαρος, Σιτυλο hυιος Φοιτιας.     translation: not available