ISic000073: Funerary epitaph for MTR the potter

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana
ID
ISic000073
Language
Punic
Text type
funerary
Object type
stele
Status
edited
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of De Simone

Physical description

Support

Description
A rectangular limestone stele, roughly finished on all sides.
Object type
stele
Material
limestone
Condition
complete
Dimensions
height: 60 cmwidth: 40 cmdepth: cm

Inscription

Layout
Text over two lines, set at the top of the stele, filling the available width.
Text condition
complete
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering
No data
Letter heights
Line 1-2: 75-120mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Motya
Provenance found
Found in 1779, either on Mozia or the nearby necropolis at Birgi
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Current location

Place
Mozia, Italy
Repository
Museo Whitaker , 5418
Autopsy
De Simone
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Date

5th century BCE (500 BC - 401 BC)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

mtr: Punic personal name, unexplained.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Rossana De Simone
Contributors
Last revision
7/31/2025