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16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Fig. 1 First studied and published by R. Gusmani 1 , this short inscription was then analyzed by C. Brixhe 2 . However, there still remain some dubious details that need further consideration. The sinistroverse inscription made on a silver dish (Fig. 1, reproducing Gusmani's drawing) may be transliterated as follows: midas arosay yr-Yu 3 Although another reading, /, is also theoretically possible, Brixhe is quite right in insisting on d suggested by the cultural and historical context of the inscription. 7-8 Undoubtedly, r o as suggested by Brixhe. 12 Gusmani thinks of ρ with a slightly rounded upper part. However, the top is damaged. What we see may well be the vertical stroke and the lower horizontal bar of a sinistroverse v. 13 The upper part of this letter is damaged. It could be a mirror image of sign 7, that is, of r. Examples of Phrygian texts, in which sinistroverse and dextroverse variants of letters appear together, are not unknown. 14 According to Brixhe, there was a letter here. Obviously, this solution is preferable to that of Gusmani who sees an empty space here, since we do not have to treat the preceding two signs as a separate

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Author

VLADIMIR OREL

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Published

1996

Language

EN

Field

Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)