δ18Δαΐς
brand, torch
"In [the] agora a torch is burning for the gods." -- "Is this a torch?" -- "It is indeed a torch; do you not see it is marked?" -- "And what is that black bit in the middle?" -- "The pitch coming out as it burns."
Δαΐς· ἐν ἀγορᾷ τοῖς θεοῖς δᾲς καίεται. δᾲς ἥδε; δᾲς δῆτ'· οὐχ ὁρᾷς ἐστιγμένην; τί δαῒ τὸ μέλαν τοῦτ' ἐστὶν αὐτῆς ἐν μέσῳ; ἡ πίττα δήπου καομένης ἐξέρχεται.