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
No data
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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
Lettering

Types list:

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 – 500 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