Script, Image and the Culture of Writing in the Ancient World

Epigraphic Sources for Early Greek Writing

2.16 Extracts from the Anne Jeffery Archive

Phokian Script: The Serpent Column

The Base of the Plataea Monument at Delphi



The Serpent Column: overview of the monument

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The Serpent Column: overview of inscribed area

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The Serpent Column: lines 1 to 3

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The Serpent Column: lines 3 to 5

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The Serpent Column: lines 4 to 6

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The Serpent Column: lines 7 to 8

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The Serpent Column: lines 7 to 9

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The Serpent Column: lines 8 to 10

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The Serpent Column: lines 9 to 11

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The Serpent Column today, in the Hippodrome in Istanbul

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The Serpent Column: the photographs assembled together in Jeffery's notes


LSAG p104 no.15: "Snake Column dedicated by the Greeks at Delphi after the battle of Plataia: c. 479."


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