Dedication to the Eumenides
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source date: Probably second half of fifth or beginning of fourth century BC
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...], n. 8 (fig. 22),whence [...], 66.2330; [...] 134000.

Εὐμενίδōν

Autel des Euménides.

Altar of the Eumenides.

Altare delle Eumenidi.

The three letters being well centred, an abbreviation is sure. As pointed out by E. Rosamilia, the upsilon has no tail and the third letter, which has the same appearance as the preceding, might be the central part of a mu, the first oblique stroke of which would overlap the right part of the uspilon, forming a ligature.

Although ligatures are not common in the archaic period, the shape of upsilon gives a clue for a high date.