ISic001422: I.Sicily inscription 001422

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: ISic001422
Language: Ancient Greek
Status: draft
Text type: unknown
Object type: block

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Apparatus criticus

text of Manganaro, based on drawing of Orsi / inventory;
1: Ῥαψ́alternative depending upon whether Chi or Psi

Physical description

Support

Description: Fragment of a block, possibly from a cippus, with some decorative elements traced on the upper part of the face
Object type: block
Object condition: No data
Dimensions: height: 17.5 cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Material

Description: limestone
Type > subtype: stone.unspecified > unverified

Inscription

Layout: No data
Text condition: No data
Technique: chiselled
Pigment: No data
Lettering: Text contains what is either Chalcidian 'chi' or Megarian 'psi'.
Letter heights: Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights: Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin: Kasmenai
Provenance found: Monte Casale

Current location

Place: Siracusa, Sicilia
Repository: Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi; 49214
Autopsy: None
Map

Date

Presumed to be archaic, i.e. C6 or C5 BCE (600 BC - 401 BC)

Evidence: No data

Text type

commentary

Bibliography

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Citation and editorial status

Editor

Jonathan Prag

Principal contributor

Jonathan Prag

Contributors

Last revision

12/14/2022