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description: Bronze lebes, inscribed en pointille on lip as a prize for Herakles' games at Eretria
catalogue number: 98
LSAG reference: 88.16
date: c. 500 - 475 ?
object type: Lebes
region: CG
sub-region: Euboia
archaeological context:
    publications:
IG vol. xii.9 no. 272
Neugebauer, RM vol. 38-9 (1923-4) no. 405
NM no. 1318

    archival material:
not available
    local script: Eretria
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: single line  writing orientation:other
writing direction:left >  number of characters:28 comments:
Punctuation sign used.

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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:

Ερετριαθεν αθλον : παρ' hε̅ρακλεος.
    translation:

not available