ISic001039: Fragmentary archaic Greek inscription

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 2022-04-29
ID
ISic001039
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
unknown
Object type
block
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Pugliese Carratelli 1956

Physical description

Support

Description
Large block of limestone, damaged on the edges.
Object type
block
Material
limestone
Condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 53 cm, width: 45 cm, depth: 28 cm

Inscription

Layout
Large archaic Greek letters, running left to right, words(?) separated by dipuncts.
Text condition
incomplete
Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Acrae
Provenance found
Seen by L. Stefani in the theatre of Akrai in 1844, and subsequently by Schubring in the same location in c.1865; now in Siracusa museum.

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi , 12256
Autopsy
Observed and photographed in the basement corridor of the Museum in 2022
Map

Date

6th — 5th century BCE (archaic script) (599 BC – 400 BC)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

unknown

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
12/19/2024