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| Keywords: Isopsephic stele.jpg headstone was found above the Temple of Artemis at Sparta Orthia early example of isopsephy It says ΟΡΘΕΙΗ ΔΩΡΟΠΛΕΟΠΤΕΥΣ ΑΠΕΘΗΚΕ ΒΟΑΓΟΣ ΒΨΛ ΠΩΑΠΠΙΚΗΣΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΑΔΕ ΕΠΑΘΛΑ ΛΑΒΩΠΒΨΛ ΚΑΙ ΠΕΣΤΕΨΕ ΠΑΤΗΡ ΕΙΣΑΡΙΘΠΟΙΣ ΕΠΕΣΙ ΒΨΛ Isopsephic elegiac verse votive stele for a boy who won a competition in singing Each verse adding up to ΄ΒΨΛ that is 2730 http //ellinikopneuma blogspot com/2011/01/blog-post_1057 html 2nd century AD Author Ancient Greece PD-old-100 | ||||
