ISic001695: Fragment of a public inscription
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- ID
- ISic001695
- Language
- Ancient Greek
- Text type
- honorific
- Object type
- plaque
- Status
- edited
- Links
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Apparatus criticus
- Text of Arena 2020;
- 2: As Arena notes, the break at the end of the line need not conceal a letter and the numeral δεκα is just as possible as κα[ι]
Physical description
Support
- Description
- Fragment of a fine white limestone, broken on all sides, including the rear (so not preserving original thickness), now of roughly trapezoidal shape; presumably part of a plaque or stele.
- Object type
- plaque
- Object condition
- fragment
- Dimensions
- height: 10.5 cm, width: 11.9 cm, depth: 2.8-3.7 cm
Material
- Description
- limestone
Inscription
- Layout
- Remains of the right margin of 5 lines of text (the final line poorly preserved); vacat above (11 mm maximum, against an interlinear measurement of 6 mm) suggests this may be the first line of the text.
- Text condition
- incomplete
- Technique
- chiselled
- Pigment
- No data
- Lettering
Arena notes that the quadrangular module of the individual letters is regular, with the combined module of omicron-nu (used as a control across multiple similar fragments) being 9-10mm from centre to centre. Letters with neat terminal serifs, elegantly cut.
- Letter heights
- Line 1-5: 8mm
- Interlinear heights
- Interlineation: 6mm
Provenance
- Place of origin
- Halaesa high certainty
- Provenance found
- Found by Francesco Modico in spring 2019, 2 m east of the city walls, in the direction of the Masseria di Salvo; now on display in the ecomuseo, in Castel di Tusa.
- Map
Current location
- Place
- Messina, Sicilia
- Repository
- Soprintendenza Beni Culturali e Ambientali di Messina , ME31331
- Autopsy
- None
- Map
Date
Later 2nd century BCE or early C1 BCE (150 BC - 51 BC)- Evidence
- lettering
Text type
commentary
The apparent presence of [--ἐ]γγόνοις in line 4 strongly suggests an honorific decree (so Arena).
Bibliography
- Digital editions
- TM: -
- EDR: -
- EDH: -
- EDCS: -
- PHI: -
- PHI: -
- Printed editions
Citation and editorial status
- Editor
- Jonathan Prag
- Principal contributor
- Jonathan Prag
- Contributors
- Last revision
- 3/18/2026