ISic001430: Dedication by Theullos

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana; photo J.Prag 27-09-2021
ID
ISic001430
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
dedication
Object type
base
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of IGPalermo

Physical description

Support

Description
Base of brown tuff, broken into many fragments and reconstructed. Upper portion only survives, lower part lost on all sides. Square in form, with one face inscribed. A simple moulding/cornice projects above the face, surrounding the top on all sides. A substantial irregular hollow (4cm deep) on the upper face shows where the dedication once stood on top.
Object type
base
Material
tuff (brown)
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 17.6 cmwidth: 39.8 cmdepth: 50.1 cm

Inscription

Layout
Five lines of Greek on the top of one face, beginning immediately below the moulding. Consistent left margin, irregular right margin, vacat after final letters of line 5.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Types list:

Letter heights
Line 1-5: 15-20mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Selinus
Provenance found
Found 13 April 1889 in the sanctuary at Gaggera, in the south angle of the so-called temenos of Hecate.
Map

Current location

Place
Palermo, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas , 8752
Autopsy
photographed on display in the Palermo museum, but no formal autopsy
Map

Date

475—450 BCE (500 BC – 450 BC)
Evidence
No data

Text type

dedication

commentary

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Digital editions
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

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