ISic002123: Funerary 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; photo J. Prag 2023-07-28
I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana; photo J. Prag 2023-07-28
ID
ISic002123
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
tomb cover
Status
draft
Links
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Edition

L. Bernabò Brea e M. Cavalier, Meligunis Lipara VII. Lipari. Contrada Diana. Scavo XXXVI in proprieta Zagami (1975-1984) (Palermo, 1994) Zotero
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Meligunis Lipara VII

Physical description

Support

Description
Text incised in the plaster covering of a tomb
Object type
tomb cover
Material
plaster
Object condition
complete
Dimensions
height: cmwidth: cmdepth: cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
complete
Technique
incised
Pigment
No data
Lettering

lunate letters with tendency to cursive

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

Provenance

Place of origin
Lipara
Provenance found
From the necropolis in proprieta Zagami, Lipari, from the cover of tomb 23, in Recinto I
Map

Current location

Place
Lipari, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Eoliano "Luigi Bernab� Brea" ,
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

Second half of the fourth century (AD 351 - AD 400)
Evidence
archaeological-context

Text type

funerary

commentary

The inscription is reported in ML VII and earlier publications by Bernabò Brea, but does not seem to have been registered in SEG and is not included in ML XII

Bibliography

Digital editions
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Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
1/14/2026