ISic001038: Inscription listing allotments

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana; photo J. Prag 2023-05-10.
ID
ISic001038
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
cadastral
Object type
stele
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Pugliese Carratelli 1956 with slight changes (pending revision based on autopsy)

Physical description

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Description
A stele of pale white local limestone, broken into three blocks that have been mounted on a modern base and reconnected with modern mortar. There are gaps in the text between each block, and it seems certain that more was preserved at the breaks when the stone was transcribed by Judica than is preserved today. Block 1 (the top block) is intact at the top, front and on both sides, but is broken or cut back at the rear (width 39.5 cm, max height 41.2 cm, max depth 29.5 cm). There is a deep rectangular hole (4x10cm and 10cm deep) at the middle rear of the top surface, perhaps for a clamp? The top is finished, but not smooth. The Sides and front are finished smooth. The front edges on left and right sides are cut back at an angle. Block 2 (middle block) is intact at the front and sides, but sawn straight at the back, proabbly not original; the lower edge is uneven and broken (width 40cm, max height 28 cm, depth 34.2 cm). Block 3 (lowest) is intact on the fornt and sides, broken across the top, at the rear and below (width 41 cm, max Height 46.5 cm, max depth 27.5 cm)
Object type
stele
Material
limestone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: at least 115.7 cmwidth: 39.5-41 cmdepth: at least 34.2 cm

Inscription

Layout
The text is laid out in a single column, with a consistent left margin, with every second line indented by c.1 letter; the right margin is irregular.
Text condition
incomplete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1-49: 8-19 (but phi up to 27)mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Acrae
Provenance found
Original discovery not recorded.

Current location

Place
Palazzolo Acreide, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Gabriele Judica , 2236
Autopsy
2015.01.17
Map

Date

2nd century BCE (200 BC – 100 BC)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

cadastral

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
5/22/2024