ISic001663: I.Sicily inscription 001663

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
ISic001663
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
decree
Object type
stele
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from autopsy

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragment of a thick plaque or stele of limestone. Intact on the left and part of the front and rear face, but broken top, bottom, and on the right. A substantial raised moulding is partially preserved along the left side, which could originally have been a relief carving of an engaged column, but has a flat / smooth front survace. Part of the upper right of the preserved face is also lost.
Object type
stele
Material
limestone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 13.5 (maximum preserved; 16 at rear) cmwidth: 14.5 (maximum preserved; 14.7 at rear) cmdepth: 8.5 cm

Inscription

Layout
Remains of 16 densely packed lines of Greek, with the left margin intact; the faint suggestion of a raised border in the lower left corner implies that the final line preserved may be the final line of the text.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1-16: 5-6mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: 1-2mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Agrigentum
Provenance found
Area of the bouleuterion, S. Nicola
Map

Current location

Place
Agrigento, Italy
Repository
Museo Regionale Archeologico Pietro Griffo
Autopsy
Prag 2018-07-18
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Date

2nd century BCE (200 BC – 100 BC)
Evidence
No data

Text type

decree

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
11/7/2023