Un unpublished funerary inscription with bichrome painted relief lettering from Hellenistic Syracuse (I.Sicily 3387)
J.R.W. Prag, ‘Un Unpublished Funerary Inscription with Bichrome Painted Relief Lettering from Hellenistic Syracuse (I.Sicily 3387)’, Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik 203 (2017): 119–30
View in ZoteroInscriptions
| Cited range | ID | Title | Date | Origin | Material | Type | Object type | Language | Current location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 122 fig.5 | ISic000823 | Statue base for Hieron II of Syracuse | 265 BCE - 215 BCE | massive light grey limestone, likely calcare di Taormina (DOA) (ooidal/peloidal grainstone with sparite veins) (identification based on pXRF, digital microscopy, XRD) | honorific | statue base | Ancient Greek | Siracusa | |
| 122 fig.6 | ISic003331 | The Syracusans honour King Gelon, son of Hieron II | 241 BCE - 216 BCE | light grey limestone with fine white veins, likely calcare di Taormina (DOA) (dolomitised ooidal/peloidal grainstone with sparite veins) (identification based on pXRF, digital microscopy, XRD, optical microscopy) | honorific | base | Ancient Greek | Siracusa | |
| N/A | ISic003334 | Funerary inscription for Xenokritos son of Hephaistokles, of Massalia | 300 BCE - 201 BCE | whitish calcarenite with grey patina, likely calcarenite degli Iblei (sand-grade limestone) (identification based on XRD) | funerary | stele | Ancient Greek | Siracusa | |
| N/A | ISic003387 | Funerary inscription for Nikasis, son of Aristokrates | 300 BCE - 201 BCE | whitish calcarenite with grey patina, likely calcarenite degli Iblei (sand-grade limestone) (identification based on pXRF, digital microscopy) | funerary | block | Ancient Greek | Siracusa |