ISic000806: Epitaph of Alliena

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
ISic000806
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
stele
Status
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of I.Lipara;
  • line.1-2: Libertini: Ἀδαίηνας

Physical description

Support

Description
No data
Object type
stele
Material
volcanic (pietra di Fuardo)
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 107 cm, width: 36.5 cm, depth: 10 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Letter heights
Line 1-4: 50-60mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Lipara
Provenance found
First noted in the Palermo Archaeological Museum, and transferred from there in 1965.

Current location

Place
Lipari, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Eoliano "Luigi Bernab� Brea" , 12331
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

1st century BCE (100 BC – 1 BC)
Evidence
lettering, nomenclature

Text type

funerary

commentary

For the name Alliena/us (attested several times at Lipara), note A. Allienus, legatus of Q. Cicero in Asia in 60, was governor of Sicily 48-46 BC. Dorothea (LGPN V3A: 38315) is not otherwise attested in Sicily.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
1/19/2021