Editor: J.Piccinini

Text:

Νικόμαχος ἐρωτῇ τὸν Δία [τ]ὸν Ναῖον ἦ ἀπογραψάμ[ε]ν[ός]
κα ἐς Τάραντα ἐξ Ἡρακληίας ἄμεινον [πρ]άσ<σ>ο[ι].

(LHÔTE 2006)

Translation: “Nikomachos asks Zeus Naios whether he will fare better by having moved his registration in the lists (of citizens) from Herakleia to Tarentum”.  (J.Piccinini)

Find spot: Dodona, within the sacred area (year of discovery 1935).

Support: Rectangular bronze tablet, folded five times (h. 0,8 cm h  x  w. 10, 6 cm).

Dialect: Doric dialect of Magna Graecia and Sicily (Tarentum, Herakleia, Hergetion) (LHÔTE 2006).

Inv. No: Ioannina, Archaeological Museum, M 1052.

Dating: 350-300 BC (LHÔTE 2006); 340-330 BC (VOKOTOPOULOU 1992; EIDINOW 2007).

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