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browsing: local script = Syracuse item number: 12 of 16 Syracuse back to browse list new search/browse     photographs: not available     description: Shield from a trophy for a victory over the Akragantines (?) catalogue number: 898 LSAG reference: 275.11 date: c. 445 object type: Armour region: WC sub-region: Doric Colonies, Sicily archaeological context: Olympia     publications: Kunze, Olympiabericht vol. 5 (1956) pp. 38 ff Olympia Museum no. B 2590     archival material:     local script: Syracuse inscription script analysis: not available     transcription: Συρακοσ[- - -] Ακραγαντινων λαφυρα (raw text) Kunze suggestion 1: refers to Syracusan victory over Akragas at the river Himera c. 445 Συρακοσ[ιοι ανεθηκαν] Ακραγαντινων λαφυρα Kunze suggestion 2: refers to joint defeat of S. & A. by Sikel leader Douketios at Motya 452/1 Συρακοσ[ιων και] Ακραγαντινων λαφυρα     translation: not available