Examples of Digamma in Alphabetic Numerical Sums

from IG XII.3, 343

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The text is a fragmentary census inscription, probably Diocletianic in date, cut into a cylindrical monument located in the area of the modern village of Perissa on the Aegean island of Thera. Digamma appears in numerical sums in lines 4, 12, 13, 14 and 15. The form of digamma used is that classified by M.N. Tod as Form 8 (), but it is often so poorly rendered by the stonecutter that it appears as . It is easily distinguished from sigma, which is rendered in this inscription.

All photographs of IG XII.3, 343 that are linked from this page were taken by Tom Elliott in June 1996 and are protected by U.S. copyright law and international treaty. All rights reserved.

Excerpted numerical sum from line 4 (not the full line):

k(efalo)zu(gav) aãgvmvßv
k(ephalo)zy(ga) 1 + 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/46

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Excerpted numerical sum from line 12 (not the full line):

gh'" ijo(uvgera) kß
iugera of land: 26

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Excerpted numerical sum from line 13 (not the full line):

ejlew'n gu'(roi) spß
circles (= circular enclosures around trees) of olives: 286

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Excerpted numerical sum from line 14 (not the full line):

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Excerpted numerical sum from line 15 (not the full line):

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