The graffito is retrograde and is located on the same rock surface as the inscription IThera010. Below a rectangular space, which serves as the epigraphic field for the inscription IThera010 and is bordered on both sides by two recesses (see IThera010), there is a fracture under which the three letters can be read. The rock surface at the beginning of the inscription is quite damaged, but there do not appear to be any traces of additional letters.
Letters of the archaic alphabet of Thera: Alpha: with a diverging stroke and oblique crossbar. san: used for the sibilant sound.
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The inscription is written in retrograde and located on the same rocky surface as inscription no. 359 (= IThera010). It lies beneath a rectangular space used as an epigraphic mirror where no. 359 is found, bordered by two external incisions. A fracture lowers the surface of the rock by approximately 5 cm, below which three letters can be discerned. The total length of the inscription measures about 18 cm. The san is positioned approximately 21 cm from the left edge and about 5 cm from the lower edge of the rock. The letter heights range from 6 to 8 cm. Despite damage to the rock, the preserved letters remain relatively clear. Hiller suggests that the remaining letters might form part of a term that could be reconstructed as [Ποτι]δᾶς(?) or [Ηαί]δας(?). Braun also considered the three letters as potentially representing the final letters of the Doric theonym Ποτειδάν. However, following an autopsy of the document, Inglese (2008) states with reasonable certainty that there is not enough space to accommodate the five additional letters that Braun’s proposed restoration would require.