Dedicatory epigram for Apollo. Fragment of a terracotta tablet, inscribed before firing. Epichoric alphabet, “false” boustrophedon.
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Boiotia — Akraiphia — Ptoion: Sanct. of Apollo Ptoios (Perdikovrysi) — after ca. 550 BC — J. Ducat, Les kouroi du Ptoion (1971) 413, 262 — Metri e ritmi (1979) 136-138 (C. Gallavotti)
1 | καλϝὸν ἄγαλμα ϝάνακτι ϝ[εκαβόλοˉι] | |
[Ἀκτ]ορίδας ποίϝεˉσέ μ’ Ἐχέστροτ- | |
ος, | αὐτὰρ ἔπεμφσ’ ἀν⋮[ίαισι] | |
[ποδ]ο͂ν Πτοˉϊε͂ϝι ⋮ τὸˉς τὺ ϝάναχς | |
5 | φεφύλαχσο, δίδοι δ’ ἂρ τᾶν [ϝοι ἐροˉάν] {²⁷τὰν [ℎυγίειαν]}²⁷. |