ISic000072: I.Sicily inscription 000072

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ID
ISic000072
Language
Punic
Text type
dedication
Object type
plaque
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

Physical description

Support

Description
Described by Cordici as a 'pietra marmorea', and the implication of the form in the drawing is a plaque. No further details are preserved, although the apograph implies damage to the upper right.
Object type
plaque
Object condition
No data
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Material

Description
marble

Inscription

Layout
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Text condition
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Technique
chiselled
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Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Eryx
Provenance found
The only record comes from the manuscript of the Antonio Cordici, of the 1640s, who described it as preserved 'in potere del Castellano', and who had a copy from dott. Rocco Palmo'

Current location

Lost.

Date

3rd — 2nd century BCE, 'da quanto si può dedurre dalla copia' (Amadasi Guzzo) (300 BC - 101 BC)
Evidence
No data

Text type

dedication

commentary

Preserved in the two manuscripts of Antonio Cordici, cod. ex Coppola f.49 and cod. Panormit. f.48. Amadasi Guzzo interprets as a dedication to Astarte of Erice. The text contains an internal dating by mention of sufets.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
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Last revision
3/9/2026