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Ithake
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description: Fragmentary hexameters painted on a long-necked oinochoe at Aetos
catalogue number: 733
LSAG reference: 233.01
date: c. 700 ?
object type: Oinochoe
region: NW
sub-region: Ionian Islands
archaeological context: Aetos
    publications:
Robertson, M., BSA vol. 43 (1948) pp. 80 ff
CEG no. 453

    archival material:
    local script: Ithake
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: single line  writing orientation:horizontal
writing direction:left >  number of characters:47 comments:
text in spiral

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:

a (above)
[- - -] μαλιστα hον [- - -]
a (below)
[- - -]π[- - -]
b-c (above)
[¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ξ]ενϝος τε φιλος και π[ιστο]ς εταιρος [- - -]
b-c (below)
[- - - φ?]ιλα εν π[c. 14]οι τ' εν ατ[- - -].

    translation:

not available