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(search result for:  subregion = Doric Islands (S. Aegean)  object type = Pithos )
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description: Owner's inscription cut right to left on a storage pithos from Phaistos.
catalogue number: 1164
LSAG reference: 315.08a.S468
date: 8th to 6th century
object type: Pithos
region: AI
sub-region: Doric Islands (S. Aegean)
archaeological context: Phaistos
    publications:
Levi, K. Ch. vol. 21 (1969) pp. 153-176
Levi, AAA vol. 2 (1969) pp. 390-3
EG vol. 3 pp. 331

    archival material:
    local script: Crete
inscription script analysis:
writing starting point: single line  writing orientation:other
writing direction:< right  number of characters:23 comments:
Writing method: incised before painting.

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.

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