ISic001191: I.Sicily inscription 001191

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana
ID
ISic001191
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
honorific
Object type
block
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based upon photograph

Physical description

Support

Description
Although described as a 'lastra' by Manni Piraino, the piece is almost as thick as it is high. Damaged along the lower edge and missing the right half.
Object type
block
Material
breccia
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 41 cmwidth: 65 cmdepth: 30 cm

Inscription

Layout
Remains of a centred text on the upper part of the face, with central heading and one line below, with vacat beneath.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 45-50mm
Line 2: 35mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Haluntium
Provenance found
Observed in 1880 by Salinas in the Casa Comunale, it was subsequently given to the Palermo museum.

Current location

Place
Palermo, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas , 8834
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

2nd century BCE(?) (200 BC – 100 BC)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

honorific

commentary

It is entirely unclear on what basis Manni Piraino suggests that on palaeographic grounds this text should be dated to the first century CE, when it is clearly of Hellenistic form and date, although a precise date is impossible. There is a clear vacat after line 2 and given the width of the stone and the short length of line 1, there seems no basis to imagine any text below line 2. Assuming a short patronymic, there would just about be room for e.g. εὐνοίας ἕνεκεν at the end of line 2.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
6/7/2023