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browsing: glyph used as "gamma" item number: 13 of 18 Korkyra back to browse list new search/browse     photographs: not available     description: Epitaph on the grave-stele of Polynoe, Korkyra catalogue number: 742 LSAG reference: 234.08 date: c. 650 - 600 ? object type: Grave stele region: NW sub-region: Ionian Islands archaeological context: Korkyra     publications: Roehl, H., IGA no. 340 Roberts, E.S., An Introduction to Greek Epigraphy vol. 1 no. 96 IG vol. ix.1 no. 870 SGDI no. 3186 Roehl, H., Imagines Inscriptionum Graecarum antiquissimarum edition 3 pp. 46 no. 21 Friedlaender, P., Hoffleit, H., Epigrammata no. 24 Peek, W., Griechische Versinschriften vol. i no. 67 CEG no. 391     archival material:     local script: Korkyra inscription script analysis: writing starting point: bottom left  writing orientation:vertical writing direction:left >  number of characters:45 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: [- - - - - - -]ιμου ματρος εγο̅ hεστακ̣' επι τυμο̅ι Πολυνοϝας· σ[τοναχα δ' υιο̅ι κατελει] πετο ματρ[ος].     translation: not available