The safest thing you can do is report it to the archeology department of your area.
Nice try Mitsotakis
It’s greek letters but the words are gibberish.
That spade drawing makes it probably not ancient.
To be certain you could take it to the archaeology department.
Six Lilac Mime Lions
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Edit: A serious answer so as to not be obtuse:
I’ll second what people have been saying about contacting archeology, but at a first glance, the words look like fragments of bigger words, a professional may be able to decipher but no guarantee!
I’d buy that for a dollar
Κάτι μιλκο διαβάζω. Όταν εμείς πίναμε σοκολατούχο….
It’s Greek letters alright but i am not so sure ancient Greeks used calligraphy.
It’s priceless!
As most others have said, this may be a good time to involve any relevant archeological agency.
This means that the first word could be “ΑΙΛΙΟ(Σ)” which is a name.
It’s roman era. Greek inscription indeed. The letters are fragments of bigger words (probably the roman name of the deceased, that’s why it might look like gibberish) but given the shape of the marble and the heart shape (yeah odd as it may look it’s a heart, that’s how it was drawn in roman era) that’s carved on it it’s safe to say it’s a fragment of a tombstone. Fairly common, not worth much as is. Most museums have hundreds of them. The only sensible thing to do is to hand it over to the nearest archaeology department. They might also be able to locate the missing parts and put the whole stone and inscription back together.
Να το δώσεις στον Μητσοτάκη για την αρχαιολογική του συλλογή!
Τι είναι αυτό?
Αρχαίο του Μητσοτάκη?
I think its roman writing looking at the weird A
No its not valuable, report it to authorities.
If you try to sell it, i wish themoney you get from it to spend it on aspirines.
Are you British?
I don’t think Roman era stones can be found on the surface of the planet, because roman era ground is 5 meters below today’s surface
Καλημέρα , είναι τμήμα επιτύμβιας στήλης ρωμαϊκής εποχής , 2-4ος αι. μΧ
ΛΑΙΛΙΟ
ΔΡΑΤΟΣ
ΤΡΙΣΤΟ
Looks like names. A childish one I believe like a+b=love
“Is it valuable?”
***Mitsotakis wants to know your location***
You mean it was there from ancient times or someone deposed it there and left few years or decades ago?
Στη αρχή ο op μιλάει αγγλικά και μας λέει γείτονες, λέω θα είναι Τούρκος.
Μετά γράφει ελληνικά… Αυτό ειναι το πραγματικό μυστήριο
Make sure you ask actual Greeks in the Reddit their advice. I know once you get the archaeological Society there everything is there’s the state owns all that stuff you won’t own anything and your land may be lost to them as well be careful
As valuable as an ancient stone can be
Ολοι πολύ σωστά και όμορφα συστήνετε να απευθυνθεί στην Αρχαιολογική Υπηρεσία.
Το πώς αντίστοιχα σπαράγματα καταλήγουν σε πεζοδρόμια, ρήθρα, ουρητήρια, μαντρότοιχους κτλ στη Θεσσαλονίκη χωρίς να ενδιαφέρεται κανείς – και ούτε η Αρχαιολογική – είναι ένα θαύμα σαν τους τυφλούς με αναπηρική σύνταξη στη Ζάκυνθο.
Well its a felony in Greece to withhold ancient artifacts, this belongs to a museum and you get rewarded also! Just report it
Live, laugh, love
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Τhis seems to a part of the funerary stele of a roman citizen in roman era asia minor. The first word seems to be the latin nomen gentilicium “aelius(sun)”, and the last word maybe some kind of cognomen.
Return the Slab!
Fresh eggs
Hey good find! As for the “is it valuable” part, I don’t know if someone mentioned it already, but it’s a felony to sell something like this! It’s better to keep it forever than to even attempt to ask anyone if they’re interested.
Also when you give back something to the archaeology department they don’t *take your land or your house away*, ok? Lol.
There are finds above the ground and bellow it. Depending on where you find it it can be significant or just random. The laws in Greece are that every dig must be supervised by an archaeologist. Above the ground finds means that someone or something transferred there.
I think it’s quite old, probably Byzantine era, so you might want to hand it over to the authorities or whoever is in charge in your country. In which country did you find it btw?
oh god, archaiologists! They’ll raze your house to dig up for more stones!
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First row translated – ΛΑΙΛΟ–>Probably BRING
Second row – ΔΡΑΤΟΣ –> Probably IT
Third row – ΤΡΙΣΤΟ –> Probably BACK
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The safest thing you can do is report it to the archeology department of your area.
Nice try Mitsotakis
It’s greek letters but the words are gibberish.
That spade drawing makes it probably not ancient.
To be certain you could take it to the archaeology department.
Six Lilac Mime Lions
/S
Edit: A serious answer so as to not be obtuse:
I’ll second what people have been saying about contacting archeology, but at a first glance, the words look like fragments of bigger words, a professional may be able to decipher but no guarantee!
I’d buy that for a dollar
Κάτι μιλκο διαβάζω. Όταν εμείς πίναμε σοκολατούχο….
It’s Greek letters alright but i am not so sure ancient Greeks used calligraphy.
It’s priceless!
As most others have said, this may be a good time to involve any relevant archeological agency.
In any case, the heart symbol is probably a hedera, which is used as a divider. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleuron_%28typography%29
This means that the first word could be “ΑΙΛΙΟ(Σ)” which is a name.
It’s roman era. Greek inscription indeed. The letters are fragments of bigger words (probably the roman name of the deceased, that’s why it might look like gibberish) but given the shape of the marble and the heart shape (yeah odd as it may look it’s a heart, that’s how it was drawn in roman era) that’s carved on it it’s safe to say it’s a fragment of a tombstone. Fairly common, not worth much as is. Most museums have hundreds of them. The only sensible thing to do is to hand it over to the nearest archaeology department. They might also be able to locate the missing parts and put the whole stone and inscription back together.
Να το δώσεις στον Μητσοτάκη για την αρχαιολογική του συλλογή!
Τι είναι αυτό?
Αρχαίο του Μητσοτάκη?
I think its roman writing looking at the weird A
No its not valuable, report it to authorities.
If you try to sell it, i wish themoney you get from it to spend it on aspirines.
Are you British?
I don’t think Roman era stones can be found on the surface of the planet, because roman era ground is 5 meters below today’s surface
Καλημέρα , είναι τμήμα επιτύμβιας στήλης ρωμαϊκής εποχής , 2-4ος αι. μΧ
ΛΑΙΛΙΟ
ΔΡΑΤΟΣ
ΤΡΙΣΤΟ
Looks like names. A childish one I believe like a+b=love
“Is it valuable?”
***Mitsotakis wants to know your location***
You mean it was there from ancient times or someone deposed it there and left few years or decades ago?
Στη αρχή ο op μιλάει αγγλικά και μας λέει γείτονες, λέω θα είναι Τούρκος.
Μετά γράφει ελληνικά… Αυτό ειναι το πραγματικό μυστήριο
Make sure you ask actual Greeks in the Reddit their advice. I know once you get the archaeological Society there everything is there’s the state owns all that stuff you won’t own anything and your land may be lost to them as well be careful
As valuable as an ancient stone can be
Ολοι πολύ σωστά και όμορφα συστήνετε να απευθυνθεί στην Αρχαιολογική Υπηρεσία.
Το πώς αντίστοιχα σπαράγματα καταλήγουν σε πεζοδρόμια, ρήθρα, ουρητήρια, μαντρότοιχους κτλ στη Θεσσαλονίκη χωρίς να ενδιαφέρεται κανείς – και ούτε η Αρχαιολογική – είναι ένα θαύμα σαν τους τυφλούς με αναπηρική σύνταξη στη Ζάκυνθο.
Well its a felony in Greece to withhold ancient artifacts, this belongs to a museum and you get rewarded also! Just report it
Live, laugh, love
Το αρχαίο 💜emoji
Τhis seems to a part of the funerary stele of a roman citizen in roman era asia minor. The first word seems to be the latin nomen gentilicium “aelius(sun)”, and the last word maybe some kind of cognomen.
Return the Slab!
Fresh eggs
Hey good find! As for the “is it valuable” part, I don’t know if someone mentioned it already, but it’s a felony to sell something like this! It’s better to keep it forever than to even attempt to ask anyone if they’re interested.
Also when you give back something to the archaeology department they don’t *take your land or your house away*, ok? Lol.
There are finds above the ground and bellow it. Depending on where you find it it can be significant or just random. The laws in Greece are that every dig must be supervised by an archaeologist. Above the ground finds means that someone or something transferred there.
I think it’s quite old, probably Byzantine era, so you might want to hand it over to the authorities or whoever is in charge in your country. In which country did you find it btw?
oh god, archaiologists! They’ll raze your house to dig up for more stones!
Beta kappa gamma