Fragment of Gortyn Code, Gortyn, Crete, Greece, 5th century BC, (2000). Creator: LTL. # 3063571

Fragment of Gortyn Code, Gortyn, Crete, Greece, 5th century BC, (2000). Creator: LTL.

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Fragment of Gortyn Code, Gortyn, Crete, Greece, 5th century BC, (2000). The Gortyn code (also known as the Great Code) is written in the Dorian dialect. This example is from stone which had been reused as part of the foundations of a Roman Odeion from the 1st century BC.