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Headword: *)ekmagei=on
Adler number: epsilon,491
Translated headword: block, lump, mould
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] an impression, and a seal-impression.[1]
"[The more authoritative writings] were handed over bound and secured with blocks of wax and the impressions of signet-rings."[2]
Greek Original:
*)ekmagei=on: e)ktu/pwma, kai\ a)posfra/gisma. cuneilhqe/nta te kai\ katasfalisqe/nta e)kmagei/ois khri/nois kai\ e)ktupw/masi daktuli/wn e)pedo/qh.
Notes:
cf. generally kappa 1535, phi 674.
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica.
[2] An approximation of Menander Protector fr. 6.1 Blockley, as preserved in Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, De legationibus 182.33-183.1.
Keywords: art history; daily life; definition; historiography; history; science and technology
Translated by: Marcelo Boeri on 31 August 2004@20:17:28.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified translation; augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 1 September 2004@03:22:17.
David Whitehead (updated ref) on 3 January 2012@05:22:07.
David Whitehead on 6 August 2012@08:47:26.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 5 December 2014@23:34:30.
David Whitehead (another note) on 9 December 2015@04:10:54.
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