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Attempts to classify Ancient Macedonian are hindered by the lack of surviving Ancient Macedonian texts; it was a mainly oral language and most archaeological inscriptions indicate that in Macedonia there was no dominant written language besides Attic and later Koine Greek. [195]
Ancient Macedonian as a Greek dialect: A critical survey on recent work (Greek, English, French, German text) The speech of the ancient Macedonians, in the light of recent epigraphic discoveries; Jona Lendering, Amphipolis (Ennea Hodoi) web page on livius.org; Greek Inscriptions from ancient Macedonia (Epigraphical Database)
The Pella curse tablet is a text written in a distinct Doric Greek idiom, found in Pella, the ancient capital of Macedon, in 1986. [1] Ιt contains a curse or magic spell (Ancient Greek: κατάδεσμος, katadesmos) inscribed on a lead scroll, dated to the first half of the 4th century BC (c. 380–350 BC). It is held in the Archaeological ...
The Military Decree of Amphipolis (c. 200 BC) is a Macedonian Greek inscription of two marble blocks, that originally contain at least three columns of text. It preserves a list of regulations governing the behaviour and discipline of the Macedonian army in camp. τοὺς μὴ φέροντας τι τῶν καθηκόντων αὐτοῖς ...
The Phiale of Megara is an ancient Greek silver phiale, a libation vessel, found in a tomb in Upper Macedonia near present-day Kozani. [1] It bears a one-line inscription in Doric Greek, which reads: "Αθαναιας : ιαρα : τας Μhεγαρο̅ι" ( Athanaias : iara : tas Mhegaroi, "sacred to the Athena of Megara "). [2]
Apakos Ἄπαϟος owner's signature in inscribed bronze strigil. Aiane c. 500 - 475 BC. [23] Arkaps Ἄρκαπος ἔρια (Arkapos eria, wools of Arkaps) Aiane c. 450BC [24] Eugeneia Εὐγένεια daughter of Xenon Ξένων Pella c. 400 BC [25] Kleiona Κλειόνα Aiane c. 500 - 450 BC [26] Machatas Μαχάτας owner's ...
Ptolemaic Kingdom. Attalid kingdom. Macedonia province. Macedonia (/ ˌmæsɪˈdoʊniə / ⓘ MASS-ih-DOH-nee-ə; Greek: Μακεδονία), also called Macedon (/ ˈmæsɪdɒn / MASS-ih-don), was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, [ 6 ] which later became the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. [ 7 ]
The names of the noble ancient Macedonian family are still on inscriptions and painted sculptures and walls have survived. The tomb dates to the 2nd or 3rd century BC. [ 19 ] Overall, archaeologists have uncovered 1,000 tombs at Pella since 2000, but these only represent an estimated 5% of those at the site.