ISic001660: I.Sicily inscription 001660

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
ISic001660
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
honorific
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • text checked against photograph

Physical description

Support

Description
Although consistently described as marble in publications, the stone is a compact limestone, not a marble, in the form of a thick slab/plaque.
Object type
plaque
Material
limestone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 42 cmwidth: 70 cmdepth: 20.5 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1-5: 25mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Lilybaeum
Provenance found
Found on Capo Boeo

Current location

Place
Marsala, Italy
Repository
Museo archeologico regionale Lilibeo Marsala - Baglio Anselmi , 24361
Autopsy
Observed on display by Metcalfe, 2015-04-18
Map

Date

2nd or 1st century BCE (as late as early Augustan acc. to Wilson and Manni Piraino; but Manni Piraino also suggests 2nd century BCE). The form of the letters surely suggests an earlier date in this range. (200 BC – 1 BC)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

honorific

commentary

Bibliography

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
6/27/2023