ISic001408: I.Sicily inscription 001408

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
ISic001408
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
column capital
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after photograph

Physical description

Support

Description
A Doric capital, with traces of the broken off column or cippus below.
Object type
column capital
Material
limestone
Condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 37 cmwidth: 77 cmdepth: 77 cm

Inscription

Layout
The text is set out across one face of the abacus, which is 16 cm high.
Text condition
complete
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering
Types
Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Megara Hyblaea
Provenance found
Found during excavation of the western necropolis in 1879
Map

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi , 1
Autopsy
Display, Sector B Megara Hyblaea
Map

Date

End 6th century BCE (550 BC - 501 BC)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

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Discussion

Citation and editorial status

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