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Eretria
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description: Fragment of a clay vase made and dedicated by --dros to Herakles, from filling material in the temple of Apollo Daphnephoros at Eretria
catalogue number: 92
LSAG reference: 87.10
date: c. 550 ?
object type: Vase
region: CG
sub-region: Euboia
archaeological context: Eretria
    publications:
Kourouniotes, AE (1911) pp. 34 f
IG vol. xii.9 no. 257

    archival material:
    local script: Eretria
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: single line  writing orientation:horizontal?
writing direction:< right  number of characters:17 comments:
Writing method: incised before firing.

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:

p85
[- - -]δρος το̅ι hε̅ρακλει ποιϝ[ε̅σας ανεθε̅κεν ?].
p402
[- - -]δρος το̅ι hε̅ρακλει π-
οιϝ̣[ε̅σας].

    translation:

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