Alphabet
created: Transcription from editor (CDL).
source date: Probably ca. 550 BC
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...] (= [...], pp. 111-118 (drawing)); [...] 000700. Cf. [...], p. 108; [...], pp. 62-72; [...], p. 163..

α β γ δ ε ϝ ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ο π ϻ ϙ ρ τ υ φ χ

Alpha, bêta, gamma, delta, epsilon, digamma, zèta, hèta, thèta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, omicron, pi, san, qoppa, rho, tau, upsilon, phi, khi.

Alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, digamma, zeta, heta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, omicron, pi, san, qoppa, rho, tau, upsilon, phi, chi.

Alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, digamma, zeta, heta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, my, ny, omicron, pi, san, qoppa, rho, tau, ypsilon, phi, chi.

About the fabric of the vase Gasperini, although inclined to judge it local, followed Stucchi's advice that it was Eastern, perhaps Rhodian ware. More precise information has been given as to the provenance and type of ceramics by D'Angelo, who dates it about 550 BC. This is somewhat later than the date proposed from the lettering (first half of the sixth century BC) by Gasperini.

The shape of beta, differing from that in use on Thera, confirms the statement that IGCyr000300 had been written at Thera or in Cyrenaica by a Theran.

The presence of digamma in this alphabet does not imply that it was still used as a character with a phonetic value in words.

As for the eighth letter, its value should be aspirate, so that we translate heta. However, there are some clues of early psilosis in the Cyrenaean dialect, see [...], pp. 10-13 and 59 and [...], pp. 74-75. This letter might thus also be considered a 'dead' one.