ISic001060: I.Sicily inscription 001060

Photo J. Prag, 02.03.2023, with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana
ID
ISic001060
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
dedication
Object type
block
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text checked against photograph (and rapid visual inspection);
  • 2: Manganaro: Ἀγαθ[άρχου]

Physical description

Support

Description
Block of the local limestone, originally in situ above the entrance to the rock-cut structure of the gymnasium, but then cut from the site and removed. The epigraphic field is 212 x 64 cm. The face has two large round holes cut into the second line, and a further element cut out of the end of the first line (upper right corner). The lower edge is damaged, obscuring part of line 4.
Object type
block
Material
limestone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 74 cmwidth: 212 cmdepth: 48 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1-4: 90mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Netum
Provenance found
Found in situ, first observed in 1558.

Current location

Place
Noto, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico di Noto
Autopsy
Photographed in the museum by Prag, 2023.
Map

Date

Probably Hieronian in date, given the letter forms and the content. (265 BC – 215 BC)
Evidence
No data

Text type

dedication

commentary

The text was first reported by Fazello in the 16th century, but removed from the site in 1894.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
3/20/2023