The earliest surviving inscription of Macedonia in Greek???

[Ptolemy]

"The early cemetery of the marketplace of Pella gave us the most important findings. From the end of 5th c. BC. originates the tomb stele of Xanthos, a relatively poor child. In order to construct the small stele, a piece of marble was re-used. The inscription of the stele writes:

ΞΑΝΘΟΣ/
ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟ/
Υ ΚΑΙ ΑΜΑ/
ΔΙΚΑΣ ΥΙΟΣ

"Special interest displays the mitronymic Amadika. The name appears to originate from the root am- where it derives also the homeric verb 'amao' αμά-ω (mow) and the macedonian ending -dika. Remember the name Eurydika. Observe the normal formation of the Macedonian ending in -a instead of -i.
So while the examples before a few years were few, today almost daily they are increasing with the discoveries of archaeology"

Translating from John Akamatis.

Ç ãëþóóá ôùÃ* áñ÷áßùÃ* ÌáêåäüÃ*ùÃ* - Ã�Ã�á óôïé÷åßá áðü ôçÃ* Ã�Ã�ëëá

[akritas]

Is better to say Macedonian Greek inscription because the most old inscription is a Corinthian Greek inscription.




in the Corinthian alphabet around the late 7th or early 6th century BC.

..ροθεμις μα.. (Latin: ..rothemis ma..) is what is left of it.

This founding came from the Flipper

[Ptolemy]

Forgot to add the inscription's infos.

Epigraphical Database: SEG 32:642

[Flipper]

There are more inscriptions that era...Note that all are from different places in Macedonia.





The fact that they use the Corynthian alphabet to write, makes it even more obvious that the people where of a Dorian stock. Why would they specifically use an alphabet used in peloponesos by people descending from the Dorians?