ISic000822: Building dedication for the Temple of Apollo

Photograph reconstructed from plates in Oliverio 1933 'L'iscrizione dell'Apollonion di Siracusa'
ID
ISic000822
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
dedication; building
Object type
crepidoma
Status
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Di Cesare 2020

Physical description

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Description
The text runs in a single line acros the vertical face of the highest step of the crepidoma at the east end of the temple of Apollo on Ortygia.
Object type
crepidoma
Material
limestone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: cmwidth: 800 cmdepth: cm

Inscription

Layout
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Text condition
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Lettering

Types list:

Letter heights
Line 1: 200mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Syracusae
Provenance found
Temple of Apollo, Ortygia

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Italy
Repository
Tempio di Apollo
Autopsy
in situ on stylobate

Date

First half of 6th century BCE (600 BC – 550 BC)
Evidence
No data

Text type

dedication; building

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

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