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Chalkis
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description: Black stone stele, prism shaped, found near the Arethousa, bearing a dedication by Euphemos
catalogue number: 84
LSAG reference: 87.02
date: c. 500 ?
object type: Stele
region: CG
sub-region: Euboia
archaeological context: Chalkis
    publications:
Collitz & Bechtel, Sammlung der Griechischen Dialekt-Inschriften no. 5262a
Roehl, H., Imagines Inscriptionum Graecarum antiquissimarum edition 3 pp. 77 no. 11
IG vol. xii.9 no. 922


    archival material:
    local script: Chalkis
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top left  writing orientation:horizontal
writing direction:boustrophedon  number of characters:14

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:
Ευφε̅μος ανεθε̅-
κεν.
    translation:

not available