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Kephallenia
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description: Gravestone from Pronnoi, bearing three names, cut at different periods, all seemingly in the fifth century
catalogue number: 739
LSAG reference: 234.06a.S452
date: fifth century ?
object type: Gravestone
region: NW
sub-region: Ionian Islands
archaeological context: Pronnoi
    publications:
Kalligas, A. Delt. vol. 24 (1969B) no. 273

    archival material:
    local script: Kephallenia
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: uncertain  writing orientation:vertical
writing direction:left >  number of characters:29 comments:
Text of three lines with one name per line: could be read from top to bottom or bottom to top.

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:

hιποστρατος
Κλεναγορας
Θεοπροκα.

    translation:

not available