Epigram dedicated to Herakles by the potter Nikomachos; boustrophedon. Terracotta obelisk, inscribed on four sides before firing.
[ ] Italia — Metapontion (Metaponto) — S. Mauro Forte — late 6th c. BC — IG XIV 652 — Novalis Indogermanica. Festschrift für G. Neumann (2002) 497-511 (R. Wachter)
1 Νικόμαχός μ’ ἐπόεˉ. /
χαῖρε, ϝάναξ ℎ(έˉ)ρακλες·
ὄ τοι κεραμεύς μ’ ἀνέθεˉκε· /
δὸς δ’ ἐϝὶν ἀνθρόˉποις
5 δόξαν ἔχεˉν ἀγαθ(έˉ)ν. /
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