Lead sheet with pilgrim's inquiry to the oracle.

Pilgrims to Dodona submitted their questions to the oracle incised on sheets of lead. In this example, the inscriptions reads "Ηέρμον τίνα/καθεόν ποτθέμενος/γενεάF/οι γένοιτο εκ Κρεταίας ὀνά/σισοσποτ ται έ/άσσαι;" (Hermon enquires to which god he should pray to get "useful" offsprings from Kretaia–apart from existing children). It is written in alternative lines from left to right and right to left (boustrophedon) Corinthian script. Exhibited at Ioannina Archaeological Museum in Greece.

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