Image: Ceramic fragment with WANAKTI inscription
Description: 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 [1]) The inscription reads [ΠΟΤΕΙΔΑΝ]Ι ϜΑΝΑΚΤΙ ([poteidan]i wanakti, "to the King Poseidon"), a dative form corresponding to the word ἄναξ anax ("king") in Attic. The inscription is in the archaic Corinthian dialect, employing the archaic letter Digamma for w, and a local Σ-shaped form of iota.
Title: Ceramic fragment with WANAKTI inscription
Credit: Self made, location: Altes Museum, Berlin
Author: BishkekRocks, (Retouched by AM)
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