The rock is located between graffito no. 606 and no. 548 (95 cm above and to the right of the latter).
The surviving letters appear orthograde.
Letters of the archaic alphabet of Thera: Eta: represented as a closed rectangular with orizontal crossbar. Ny: second and third bars shorter; third bar divergent. San (?): used for the sibilant sound (uncertain).
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The surviving letters appear to be orthograde; in 2003 the lower left terminal of the first letter could just barely read, probably an eta (closed eta, 6 cm high). Before the san, the rock surface is marked by a diagonal cut that makes it difficult to read the first letter as reconstructed by Hiller. The rock is located between graffito no. 606 and no. 548 (95 cm above and to the right of the latter), measuring approximately 98 cm in height and 50 cm in length. Hiller’s reading included a pi with a hook preceding the san. In Suppl. p. 89, Hiller recalled: “On the name Ψῆν, see K. Fr. Schmidt in B. ph. Woch 1918, 1076: ‘a scratching from Silsilis that resembles those from Thera, Ἀμμώνιος Καλλιδρόμου ἐψέν(ισται) = ἐψήνισται.” See also Suid. s.v. Ψῆνες: Ὑπεψηνισμένη (...) ἡ ἐγκύμων and s.v. Ψηνίζω· οὐδεὶς κομήτης ὅστις οὐ ψηνίζεται.” [this author translation from German and Latin]. If Hiller’s reading of the first letter is correct, note the ligature ΠΣ and the closed eta used for η. The name, accepted in the LGPN (s.v.), is known only on the island.