8.501. Altar dedication by Diogenes son of Damonikos
- Description:
- White marble altar with moulding above and below on three sides, a little chipped along the edges (W. 0.29 × H. 0.39 × D. 0.27).
- Text:
- The face carries a relief showing a thunderbolt and below this an inscription.
- Letters:
- 0.015; poorly aligned and uneven; square sigma, near-cursive mu
- Date:
- Second to first century B.C. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Tetrastoon: in topsoil
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1973 (73.126)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 Διογένης Δαμονικοῦ̣
- 1ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣΔΑΜΟΝΙΚΟ·
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Διογένης
Δαμονικο
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Translation:
Diogenes son of Damonikos (dedicated this)
- Commentary:
- no comment.
Photographs:
- Face (1973)
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