ISic000832: The Technitai of Dionysos honour Skymnos

Photo J. Prag, Aut. Assessorato Beni Culturali Regione Siciliana n.10681 del 06/05/2014
ID
ISic000832
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
honorific
Object type
plaque
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Kaibel in IG XIV.12, checked against the stone;
  • line.4: Sigma of πρὸς read by Kaibel but not visible on stone

Physical description

Support

Description
A fragment of a white marble plaque, intact on the left side, but broken on the other three sides
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 7-8.5 cmwidth: 13.0-13.3 cmdepth: 3.0-3.4 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering

Neat and regular letters of the later Hellenistic period, in some cases with pronounced serifs. Omicron is full-size; omega is closed; epsilon has shorter middle bar; mu has splayed outer hastae; kappa on occasion has short arms; sigma has parallel top and bottom strokes; pi has equal vertical strokes and the horizontal overhangs on both sides.

Types
Letter heights
Line 1: 9-10mm
Line 2: 9mm
Line 3: 9mm
Line 4: 7-8mm
Line 5: 8-9mm
Line 6: incompletemm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: not measured

Provenance

Place of origin
Syracusae
Provenance found
Found before 1890 in the area of the in Neapolis
Map

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi , 7
Autopsy
Display Sector D, case 321 no. 9
Map

Date

2nd — 1st century BCE (200 BC - 1 BC)
Evidence
No data

Text type

honorific

commentary

See the related CAP entry: http://ancientassociations.ku.dk/assoc/70

Bibliography

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
6/11/2021