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Eretria
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description: Legal texts concerning (A) the payment of fines in money, (B) shipping, inscribed on two blocks of a wall in Eretria
catalogue number: 91
LSAG reference: 87.09
date: c. 550 - 525 ?
object type: Block
region: CG
sub-region: Euboia
archaeological context: Eretria
    publications:
IG vol. xii.9 no. 1273-4
DGE no. 800
Ziebarth, Beitrage z. Geschichte d. Seeraubs u. Seehandels (1929) no. Anhang ii
Volkmann, Hermes vol. 74 (1939) pp. 99 ff
IG vol. xii suppl. pp. 204
Cairns, F., ZPE vol. 54 (1984) no. 145-55

    archival material:
    local script: Eretria
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: top right  writing orientation:horizontal?
writing direction:boustrophedon  number of characters:74 comments:
Several letters uncertain. Punctuation sign used.

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:

δικε̅ν ⋮ επεαν ⋮ κατομοσει ⋮ τιν[υ]-
σ̣θα<ι> ⋮ τριτε̅ι hε̅με[ρ]ε̅ι ⋮ χρε̅ματα
δοκιμα ⋮ κἀ̣[ντ]υπ̣α < ⋮ > ιαν ⋮ με̅ τεισ-
ει (rasura).
A2
επι Γολο : αρχ̣[οντος - - -]
[- - -]ιν τε̣̅ι̣ hυστερε̅ι : δυϝε
[- - -]
[- - -] ιαν με̅ τεισει, : αρχος απο ρε̅το̅ν : ποιεν.
hοστις αν : με̅ ποιε̅ι, : αυτον οφελεν
[- - -].
    translation:

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