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Chalkis (attrib. to)
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description: Dedication by Semonides inscribed on a small Corinthian alabastron found at Olympia
catalogue number: 88
LSAG reference: 87.06
date: c. 550 ?
object type: Alabastron
region: CG
sub-region: Euboia
archaeological context: Olympia
    publications:
Roehl, H., IGA no. 1
Olympia vol. 4 no. 201
Olympia vol. 5 no. 262
Roehl, H., Imagines Inscriptionum Graecarum antiquissimarum edition 3 pp. 70 no. 5
Olympia Museum no. 355

    archival material:
    local script: Chalkis (attrib. to)
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: single line  writing orientation:uncertain
writing direction:< right  number of characters:18

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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:
Σε̅μονιδε̅ς μ' ανεθε̅κεν.

    translation:

not available