ISic001090: I.Sicily inscription 001090

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 23-05-2022
ID
ISic001090
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
dedication
Object type
plaque
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based on photograph

Physical description

Support

Description
Small limestone plaque, intact on all sides; surface lightly corroded towards the lower edge.
Object type
plaque
Material
limestone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 8 cm, width: 13.2 cm, depth: 3 cm

Inscription

Layout
Three lines of Greek, beginning at the top of the front face, with the left margin consistent, right margin irregular.
Text condition
No data
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering

Deeply incised letters without serifs. Broken bar alpha; eipsilon with shorter middle bar; small omicron above the line; Sigma somewhat open; smaller and open omega with short horizontal tails.

Types
Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Selinus
Provenance found
Found in 1866 in the adyton of Temple E, Selinunte.
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Current location

Place
Palermo, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas , 8776
Autopsy
None
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Date

later third or earlier second century BCE on the basis of the letter forms. (350 BC - 251 BC)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

dedication

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
4/24/2025