File:Ceramic fragment with WANAKTI inscription.jpg
Summary
Ancient Greek ceramic fragment depicting a horse with rider. Votive pinax from the sanctuary of Poseidon at Penteskouphia, Corinth (Berlin, Antikensammlung F.552; Inscriptiones Graecae IV.220 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://epigraphy.packhum.org/inscriptions/main?url=oi%3Fikey%3D27716%26bookid%3D6%26region%3D2%26subregion%3D1">[1]</a>) The inscription reads [ΠΟΤΕΙΔΑΝ]Ι ϜΑΝΑΚΤΙ ([poteidan]i wanakti, "to the King Poseidon"), a dative form corresponding to the word ἄναξ anax ("king") in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attic_Greek" class="extiw" title="en:Attic Greek">Attic</a>. The inscription is in the archaic Corinthian dialect, employing the archaic letter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digamma" class="extiw" title="en:Digamma">Digamma</a> for w, and a local Σ-shaped form of iota.
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| current | 19:31, 13 January 2017 | | 1,200 × 994 (792 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Ancient Greek ceramic fragment depicting a horse with rider. Votive <i>pinax</i> from the sanctuary of Poseidon at Penteskouphia, Corinth (Berlin, Antikensammlung F.552; <i>Inscriptiones Graecae</i> IV.220 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://epigraphy.packhum.org/inscriptions/main?url=oi%3Fikey%3D27716%26bookid%3D6%26region%3D2%26subregion%3D1">[1]</a>) The inscription reads [ΠΟΤΕΙΔΑΝ]Ι ϜΑΝΑΚΤΙ (<i>[poteidan]i wanakti</i>, "to the King Poseidon"), a dative form corresponding to the word ἄναξ <i>anax</i> ("king") in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attic_Greek" class="extiw" title="en:Attic Greek">Attic</a>. The inscription is in the archaic Corinthian dialect, employing the archaic letter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digamma" class="extiw" title="en:Digamma">Digamma</a> for <i>w</i>, and a local Σ-shaped form of iota. |
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