ISic001985: Fragment of a dedicatory inscription

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana (from Coacci Polselli 1986)
I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana (from Coacci Polselli 1986)
ID
ISic001985
Status
edited
Language
Punic
Object type
basin
Text type
dedication

Edition

G. Coacci Polselli, «Il frammento marmoreo iscritto», Rivista di Studi Fenici 14 (1986): 93–94 Zotero
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Coacci Polselli 1986.;
  • 1: alternatively: ʾdn[---]

Physical description

Support

Description
Rim fragment of a bowl or basin, of Pentelic marble.
Object type
basin
Object condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 3.6 cmwidth: 4.2 cmdepth: cm

Material

Description
marble
Type > subtype
stone.unspecified > unverified

Inscription

Layout
Five letters preserved around the rim
Text condition
incomplete
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering
No data
Letter heights
Line 1: 12-15mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Motya
Provenance found
A casual find on the island of Mozia, in the area of the Eastern Tower.

Current location

Place
Mozia, Sicilia
Repository
Museo Whitaker
Autopsy
none
Map

Date

5th century BCE (500 BCE - 401 BCE)
Evidence
No data

Text type

dedication

commentary

The text contains part of a votive inscription of which only the genealogy remains with the initial part of a Phoenician anthroponym to be completed as ʾdr[bʿl] or ʾdn[bʿl].

Bibliography

Digital editions
  • TM: -
  • EDR: -
  • EDH: -
  • EDCS: -
  • PHI: -
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Rossana De Simone
Contributors
Last revision
10/20/2025