ISic001895: I.Sicily inscription 001895

ID
ISic001895
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
label
Object type
skyphos
Status
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Tullio 2016, checked against imgaes

Physical description

Support

Description
A red-figure skyphos, almost completely recomposed from fragments, fabric Munsell 5YR 6/4 (so Tullio 2008: 71 n.19).
Object type
skyphos
Material
ceramic
Condition
complete, broken
Dimensions
height: 16.8 cmwidth: 11.4 (foot) - 17.0 (mouth) cmdepth: cm

Inscription

Layout
The text is incised into the top of the scene immediately below the upper border, on each of the two sides of the skyphos.
Text condition
complete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Cephaloedium
Provenance found
Found in the tomb goods of sep.546 in excavation of an area of hellenistic necropolis in ex proprieta Vazzarna, immediately to the north of area excavated in prop. Portera, both adjacent to via L. Capuana, excavation at some period after 1976, not specified in the publication. The piece is said by Tullio 2016 to be on display in the Himera antiquarium.
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Current location

Place
Imera, Italy
Repository
Parco Archeologico di Himera e Antiquarium , K86/255
Autopsy
None
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Date

Tomb of the first half of the C4 BCE (399 BC – 350 BC)
Evidence
archaeological-context

Text type

label

commentary

Tullio notes that the name is attested in / references Aristophanes Clouds, lines 43-56, and the vase has comedic scenes.

Bibliography

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Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
1/29/2025