ISic000807: I.Sicily inscription 000807

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
ISic000807
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
stele
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of I.Lipara;
  • line.5: Libertini: ΠΟΜΠΗΙΑ
  • line.6: Libertini: [ΣΕΞΤΟΥ]; Kaibel: ΣΕ[Ξ}ΤΙΟΥ (?)

Physical description

Support

Description
A large slab of the local stone, broken in half (the two halves join)
Object type
stele
Material
volcanic (pietra di Fuardo)
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 277 cmwidth: 41.5-43 cmdepth: 19.8 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Letter heights
Line 1: 60mm
Line 2: 47-60mm
Line 3: 50-62mm
Line 4: 55-68mm
Line 5: 60-64mm
Line 6: 60mm
Line 8: 67-70mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Lipara
Provenance found
Original discovery not recorded.

Current location

Place
Lipari, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Eoliano "Luigi Bernab� Brea" , 12333
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

1st century BCE or Imperial (100 BC – AD 300)
Evidence
nomenclature

Text type

funerary

commentary

The two fragments were originally treated as separate inscriptions (and published separately in IG), but Manni Piraino correctly identified that they are part of the same stone.

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Citation and editorial status

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