ISic001082: I.Sicily inscription 001082

Photo J. Prag, courtesy Museo Archeologico Regionale P. Griffo, Agrigento
ID
ISic001082
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
dedication
Object type
altar
Status
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from autopsy

Physical description

Support

Description
Small limestone altar, intact, but with damage to the upper right, subsequently reattached. Mouldings top and bottom on three sides, but the rear is plain. On top a raised rectangular moulding surrounding a deeper recess. The upper moulding on the front face has dentils and incised decoration on its upper part. The epigraphic field on the front face (H 7.5 cm, W 13.5 cm) has a raised border below, left and right, bounded instead on the upper edge by the dentils of the upper moulding.
Object type
altar
Material
limestone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 15.5 cmwidth: 17 cmdepth: 12 cm

Inscription

Layout
Four lines of Greek letters, all crudely incised in the epigraphic field on the front face.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 6-15mm
Line 2: 9-16mm
Line 3: 5-8mm
Line 4: 6-14mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: 9-12mm
Interlineation line 2 to 3: 5-9mm
Interlineation line 3 to 4: 2-5mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Agrigentum
Provenance found
Found in localita S. Nicola in 1866 .
Map

Current location

Place
Agrigento, Italy
Repository
Museo Regionale Archeologico Pietro Griffo , C311
Autopsy
On display.
Map

Date

Potentially lines 1-2 (Hellenistic) predate lines 3-4 (late Hellenistic or Roman) by a century or two. (200 BC – AD 200)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

dedication

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

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