Funerary epigram for war dead.  Orthogonal stele of yellowish poros. Text in epichoric script (A), later reinscribed in Ionic script (B).
[ ] Boiotia — Thebes — Northeastern cemetery — ca. 500-450 BC (A) and 4th c. BC (B) — The Epigraphy and History of Boeotia (2014) 223, I
[— — — — — — —]ΕΡΕΤΟΝ[․․]Τ[․]
[ – ⏔ | – ⏔ | – | ἐν π]ολέμυ [θ]ανέμεν
[ – ⏔ | – ⏔ | – ⏔ | – ] πατρίδος πέρι Θέβας̣
[ – ⏔ | – ⏒ ]εντο ἆθλα κράτιστ’ ἀρετᾶς
[— — — — — —]ΛΥ․․Η̣ΡΕΤΟΝ[․]Υ̣ΤΟ
[ – ⏔ | – ⏔ | – | ἐν π]ο̣λέμοι θανέμεν
[ – ⏔ | – ⏔ | – ⏔ | – ] πατρίδος πέρι Θείβα[ς]
[․]ΝΑ[— — — — —]εντο ἆθλα κράτιστ’ ἀρετᾶς.
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