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| Inscribed fragment.
Broken on all sides (?).
Very small bit of left side preserved (?).
One line of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble. Found in late Roman context, over the floor of the Tholos ... 16 March 1934 ... Inscriptions |
Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face only preserved; much worn.
Traces of at least seven lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble. Finished Found on the north slope of the Acropolis, east of ... 31 March 1937 ... : "Metics and Athenian Phialai-inscriptions" Stuttgart 2010, Historia Monograph 208, p.139 # 31; photo 45 |
Left to right. [--ανέ]θεκε ho.-
We might have expected ανέθεκεν in this inscription. The great majority of early Attic dedicatory inscriptions use the movable nu here, the only exceptions being where ... Early Corinthian ... The great majority of early Attic dedicatory inscriptions use the movable nu here, the only exceptions being where space or meter demand the shorter form: cf. ... The erratic use of movable nu among the Hymettos inscriptions is simply an indication that we are dealing with a period before any customary usage was recognized and practiced. |
| Obverse: Harpocrates seated left on lotus flower.
Right arm bent with finger to lips; scourge under left arm. Field completely filled with inscriptions. Edge bevelled smoothly, also covered with an inscription, ... 6 April 1932 ... Field completely filled with inscriptions. Edge bevelled smoothly, also covered with an inscription, single line.
... Armouted body ending in coiled serpent legs; scourge in right hand, shield on left arm. Inscriptions on shield and below serpent legs. |
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