ISic001189: Haluntium honours the son of Timandros

Photo J. Prag, 2022-05-23, courtesy Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas
ID
ISic001189
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
honorific
Object type
base
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based upon autopsy;
  • 2: Salinas: [Κ]ίωτον; Kaibel: [Β]ίωτον; lapis: trace of upper eye of Β (contra Salinas, trace of K).

Physical description

Support

Description
Quadrangular statue block, cut down across the top and with some damage to the left and right sides.
Object type
base
Material
limestone
Condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 53 cmwidth: 48 cmdepth: 47 cm

Inscription

Layout
Three lines of ancient Greek. The first line is partially lost across the top, the second and third are damaged at the left and right margins.
Text condition
deteriorated
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1-3: 25-30mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: 50mm
Interlineation line 2 to 3: 40mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Haluntium
Provenance found
Original discovery not recorded, first published by Salinas in 1880.

Current location

Place
Palermo, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas , 8815
Autopsy
Quagliana 2022-05-23
Map

Date

1st century BCE (100 BC – 1 BC)
Evidence
No data

Text type

honorific

commentary

Notwithstanding the damage, it is clear that there was no ethnic included in the first part of the text, and the inscription appears complete. The name Βίωτος is also attested on tile and amphora stamps from southern Italy; no other form ending -ιωτος is known from the region.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
6/16/2022